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resorbtion

resorbtion is the alternative form of resorption.

Meaning of resorption

Noun

resorption (countable and uncountable, plural resorptions)

  1. The act of resorbing.
    Synonyms:
    resorbence
  2. The redissolving, wholly or in part, in the molten magma of an igneous rock, of crystals previously formed.
  3. The loss and reassimilation of bone (or other) material.
    • […] there has been recognition that porosity of the orbital roofs and cranial vault may arise due to a variety of different causes. These include rickets and scurvy, where it occurs due to different pathophysiological mechanisms[…]. In vitamin D deficiency, it arises as a result of deficient...2023, Simon Mays, “The Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Paleopathology” (chapter 2), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 30

Forms of resorbtion

pluralresorbtions

Questions about resorbtion

What is resorbtion the alternative form of?
Resorbtion is the alternative form of resorption.

Words near resorbtion in the dictionary

  1. resorber
  2. resorbers
  3. resorbing
  4. resorbogenic
  5. resorbs
  6. resorbtion
  7. resorbtions
  8. resorcin
  9. resorcinarene
  10. resorcinarenes
  11. resorcine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: resorbtion (page history and authors); resorption (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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