REABSORPTION
\ɹiːbsˈɔːpʃən], \ɹiːbsˈɔːpʃən], \ɹ_iː_b_s_ˈɔː_p_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of REABSORPTION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation
By Princeton University
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