Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of reabsorbing, or the state of being reabsorbed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or process of reabsorbing.
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- noun physics The subsequent
absorption ofemitted radiation - noun physiology The subsequent absorption of a
secreted substance
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation
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Examples
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The term 'reabsorption' here stands as an instance of all the states of
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48 George Thibaut 1881
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One name is "process theology," but I shall rather call it "reabsorption theology," for the word "reabsorption" highlights the allegedly inevitable end point of human history as well as its supposed starting point in a precreation union with God.
LewRockwell.com 2009
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Salt sensitivity in obese individuals may be a consequence of increased sympathetic activity, decreased responsiveness to atrial natriuretic peptide, activation of the renin-angiotensin system or mechanical pressure on the kidneys that increases sodium reabsorption.
Dr. Sharma’s Obesity Notes » Blog Archive » And the 2009 “Salt Lick” Award goes to Pizza! 2009
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It is designed to block reabsorption of blood sugar and causes excretion of the glucose in urine.
Drug Setback for Bristol, Astra Peter Loftus 2012
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They continue a host of actions that evidence a long-term plan to effect a real or de facto reabsorption of these free nations back into what was the old Soviet Union.
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Too much FGF23 turns off phosphate reabsorption in the kidneys, with the result that phosphate is excreted in the urine.
After the Diagnosis MD Julian Seifter 2010
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Constipation and imbalances in the gut bacteria can worsen the situation, because they lead to the reabsorption of estrogen from the gut back into your blood, even after your liver has tried to get rid of it.
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After a year as a clinical fellow, I moved into the laboratory in order to study renal transport: processes of reabsorption and secretion.
After the Diagnosis MD Julian Seifter 2010
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Constipation and imbalances in the gut bacteria can worsen the situation, because they lead to the reabsorption of estrogen from the gut back into your blood, even after your liver has tried to get rid of it.
Mark Hyman, MD: Eliminate Suffering From PMS In 5 Simple Steps 2010
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Julius Axelrod, the doctor who eventually won the fight for the Nobel, called this a reuptake mechanism, and soon neuroscientists had two ways to make a brain chemical more available: stop its destruction by inhibiting an enzyme or prevent its reabsorption.
MANUFACTURING DEPRESSION Gary Greenberg 2010
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