(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
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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. ]