resorption

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: re=sorp=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

resorption, n. 

•  The act of resorbing; also, the act of absorbing again; reabsorption.  [1913 Webster]
•  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.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

resorption, n.
1 the act or an instance of resorbing; the state of being resorbed.
2 the absorption of tissue within the body.

Derivative

resorptive adj.

Etymology

RESORB after absorption