Meanings
nounreabsorption (countable and uncountable, plural reabsorptions)
plural reabsorptions
- countableuncountablenatural sciencesThe subsequent absorption of emitted radiation.
- countableuncountablemedicineThe subsequent absorption of a secreted substance.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation
Similar
Broader
organic processbiological process
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
- Proto-Italic*ap
- Latinab
- Latinab-
- Proto-Indo-European*srebʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*srobʰéyeti
- Proto-Italic*sorβeō
- Latinsorbeō
- Latinabsorbeō
- Latinabsorptiō
- Englishabsorption
- Englishreabsorption
From re- + absorption.
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APA
reabsorption. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reabsorption
MLA
“reabsorption.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reabsorption. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reabsorption,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reabsorption.
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