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REABSORB
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they reabsorb ... he / she / it reabsorbs
Past simple: reabsorbed
-ing form: reabsorbing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
reabsorb; resorb
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "reabsorb" is one way to...):
absorb (become imbued)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
reabsorption (the organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation)