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resorb, v.|rɪˈsɔːb|
[ad. L. resorbēre, f. re- re- + sorbēre to drink in. Cf. F. résorber, Sp. and Pg. resorber, It. risorbire.]
To absorb again; esp. in Physiol., to absorb into the circulation (material already in the body, esp. material that has been digested or broken down).
1640R. Baillie Canterb. Self-conv. Postscr. 20 Their..aspersions, which yet ye have a stomach to resorbe, to spew them out once againe. 1730Short Diss. Tea 57 The Liquids..are neither exhaled nor resorbed by the Veins. 1772Priestley in Phil. Trans. LXII. 190 The generation of air,..except what might be absorbed by quicksilver or resorbed by the substance itself. 1826Southey Vind. Eccl. Angl. 177 Human souls, which like sparks..were borne aloft, and then..were resorbed into the pit. 1876Swinburne Erechtheus 1563 [The host] Drew seaward as with one wide wail of waves Resorbed with reluctation. 1901J. S. Marshall Princ. & Pract. Operative Dentistry iv. 76 The absorbent organ secretes..a digestive fluid or soluble ferment which dissolves or digests the dental tissues and alveolar walls, and prepares them to be resorbed. Ibid. xxxiv. 509 Bone is resorbed through the action of the osteoclast cells. 1902Brit. Med. Jrnl. No. 2154. 918 The extravasated blood was resorbed. 1928Moore & Key tr. Leriche & Policard's Normal & Path. Physiol. of Bone iv. 71 If..one brings about increase of circulation, bone in the epiphyses is resorbed to the extent of detaching itself from the investing cartilage and becoming very friable. 1967M. E. Hale Biol. Lichens viii. 118 The acids are not resorbed by the hyphae. 1968R. D. Martin tr. Wickler's Mimicry in Plants & Animals xi. 107 The flea will resorb its eggs if the female host miscarries.
Hence reˈsorbed ppl. a.; reˈsorbing ppl. a., undergoing resorption. Also reˈsorbable a., that may be resorbed; reˈsorbence, reabsorption, backward flow; reˈsorbent a., absorbing again.
a1800Wodhull (T.), Again resorbent ocean's wave Receives the waters, which it gave. 1803Med. Jrnl. IX. 95 Digitalis..augments the oscillation of the resorbent vessels. 1881W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 472 The forward plunge and resorbence of a wave. 1889Science 29 Mar. 232/2 Not until the silicates are developed, and the granitic quartz begins to form, does the resorbent action discontinue. 1910J. P. Buckley Mod. Dental Materia Medica ii. 315 (heading) Resorbed root. 1928Moore & Key tr. Leriche & Policard's Normal & Path. Physiol. of Bone iv. 85 In resorbing callus the cells were hypertrophied. 1962K. F. Lagler et al. Ichthyology viii. 257 When the fish descends..the resorbent capillary network collapses so as to enlarge the area of contact of the gas gland for rapid secretion of gases into the bladder. 1967Archivum Immunol. et Therapiae Exper. XV. 809 (caption) Section through a resorbable 256 Walker tumor. 1973Nature 9 Mar. 135/2 Seven [voles] were pregnant but four had resorbing embryos. 1976Biomed. XXV. 131/1 Porous resorbable ceramics have been found to be most suitable [as bone substitutes] since they encourage replacement of resorbed ceramic with new bone. |