Reabsorb vs. Resorb — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Reabsorb and Resorb
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Reabsorb
To absorb again.
Resorb
Absorb (something) again
The ability to resorb valuable solutes from the urine
Reabsorb
To accommodate or accept again, as into a group or category
The economy cannot reabsorb all of the refugees into the workforce.
Resorb
To absorb again.
Reabsorb
To undergo resorption.
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Resorb
(Biology) To dissolve and assimilate (bone tissue, for example).
Reabsorb
To absorb again.
Resorb
To undergo resorption.
Reabsorb
To absorb again; to draw in, or imbibe, again what has been effused, extravasated, or thrown off; to swallow up again; as, to reabsorb chyle, lymph, etc.; - used esp. of fluids.
Resorb
(transitive) To absorb (something) again.
Reabsorb
Undergo resorption
Resorb
(intransitive) To undergo resorption.
Resorb
To dissolve (bone, sinew, suture, etc.) and assimilate it.
Resorb
To swallow up.
Now lifted by the tide, and now resorbed.
Resorb
To absorb (something which has been secreted or exuded by the same organism).
Resorb
Undergo resorption
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