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resorption

resorption noun: the act of resorbing.

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

resorption meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Indonesian

resorption in Tamil

சினைக்கரு உறிஞ்சப்பட்டு விடுதல், பெயர்த்துறிஞ்சல், வெளிக்கசிவு, ஈர்த்துக்கரைப்பு, உறுப்பின் பகுதியிழப்பு, எலும்புத்திசு அழிவு

resorption in Kannada

ಮರುಹೀರಿಕೆ

resorption in Indonesian

the loss and reassimilation of bone material
resorpsi

Synonyms of resorption

Forms of resorption

pluralresorptions

Origin of resorption

By surface analysis, resorb + -tion.

Words formed from resorption

Questions about resorption

What does resorption mean?
Resorption means the act of resorbing.
What is resorption in Tamil?
Resorption in Tamil is சினைக்கரு உறிஞ்சப்பட்டு விடுதல், பெயர்த்துறிஞ்சல், வெளிக்கசிவு. See Resorption meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is resorption?
Resorption is a noun.
What is the plural of resorption?
The plural of resorption is resorptions.

Words near resorption in the dictionary

  1. resorcinolphthalein
  2. resorcinols
  3. resorcins
  4. resorcylic
  5. resorfurin
  6. resorption
  7. resorptions
  8. resorptive
  9. resorptivity
  10. Resors
  11. resort

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Adapted from Wiktionary: resorption (page history and authors); resorption (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); resorption (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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