resorbencen.
/rᵻˈsɔːb(ə)ns/, /rᵻˈzɔːb(ə)ns/, U.S. /rəˈsɔrb(ə)ns/, /riˈsɔrb(ə)ns/, /rəˈzɔrb(ə)ns/, /riˈzɔrb(ə)ns/ Chiefly Medicine. rare.
= resorption n.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > incorporation or inclusion > assimilation or absorption > [noun] > again
resorption1714
remanation1765
resorbence1765
reabsorption1842
1765 Phisiol. Reveries 5 In order to supply organs for that resorbence or inhalation, several phisicians have imagined a set of resorbent vessels distinct from the exhaling ones.
1881 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 472 The forward plunge and resorbence of a wave.
1977 N.Z. Jrnl. Zool. 4 191/1 Some resorbence of eggs must therefore take place in virgin moths.
2005 Clin. Neurol. & Neurosurg. 107 345/1 Mass effect, interleukins.., keratin and specific cytokines take part in bone resorbence.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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