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reabsorption

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re·ab·sorb  (rb-sôrb, -zôrb)
v. re·ab·sorbed, re·ab·sorb·ing, re·ab·sorbs
v.tr.
1. To absorb again.
2. To accommodate or accept again, as into a group or category: The economy cannot reabsorb all of the refugees into the workforce.
v.intr.
To undergo resorption.
reab·sorption (-sôrpshn, -zôrp-) n.
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Noun1.reabsorption - the organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation
resorption
biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms
Translations
reabsorption [ˈriːəbˈzɔːpʃən] N → reabsorción f
reabsorption [ˌriːəbˈsɔːpʃ/ən] n → riassorbimento
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