Found 2 items, similar to Resorption.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: resorption resorption n : the organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation [syn: reabsorption]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Resorption Resorption \Re*sorp"tion\ (r?*s?rp"sh?n), n. 1. The act of resorbing; also, the act of absorbing again; reabsorption. [1913 Webster] 2. (Petrography) The redissolving wholly or in part, in the molten magma of an igneous rock, of crystals previously formed. The dissolved material may again solidify, giving rise to a mass of small crystals, usually of a different kind. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]