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re·ab·sorb
(rē′əb-zôrb′, -sôrb′)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.
re′ab·sorp′tion (-zôrp′shən, -sôrp′-) n.
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reabsorption
(ˌriːəbˈzɔːpʃən)n
the process of absorbing something again or the fact of being absorbed again
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| Noun | 1. | reabsorption - the organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation |
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