Resorption Synonyms

rē-zôrpshən, -sôrp-
The organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. reabsorption

Words Related to Resorption

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. calcification
  2. osteoclast
  3. chronic-inflammation
  4. resorb
  5. osteoblast
  6. osteolysis

Resorption Sentence Examples

  • A tadpole is the larva of a tailless Batrachian after the loss of the external gills and before the egress of the fore limbs (except in the aberrant Xenopus) and the resorption of the tail.

  • Those germs which do not ripen during the season undergo a process of resorption, and in the winter the whole ovary dwindles to often a diminutive size.

  • Biotite and olivine are not really frequent in these rocks, and usually have been affected by resorption.

  • Schneider, "Einiges fiber Resorption and Excretion bei Amphioxus lanceolatus," Anat.

  • Adrenal corticosteroids stimulate resorption of bone and inhibit the formation of new bone.

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