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  • verb Present participle of resorb.

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Examples

  • I have not seen that kind of thing from orthodontic treatment--sometimes you can get the ends of the roots resorbing a little but I have not seen an abscess from treatment.

    What do you want me to blog about? Dr. Dean Brandon 2009

  • I don't buy the argument that resorbing walls gains significant space.

    New year, new snail: Theodoxus fluviatilis AYDIN 2007

  • However, resorbing would allow different use of the space.

    New year, new snail: Theodoxus fluviatilis AYDIN 2007

  • The bath flowed away, resorbing into the ship's substance.

    The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006

  • What is happening is that the families are merging, and society is resorbing its errant ones.

    Living together, having a big wedding. Ann Althouse 2005

  • Bone is constantly remodelled through the activities of bone-forming osteoblasts and bone-resorbing osteoclasts

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jochen Schulze et al. 2010

  • Two new studies published online July 22 in Cell show that insulin stimulates both bone building and breakdown in mice through the hormone's effects on two types of bone cells: bone-building osteoblasts and bone-resorbing osteoclasts.

    American Scientist Online 2010

  • The only way to accelerate resorbing of the thick fluid is through surgery, which would require a gas bubble that could cause a cataract.

    unknown title 2009

  • The only way to accelerate resorbing of the thick fluid is through surgery, which would require a gas bubble that could cause a cataract.

    FanHouse 2009

  • The only way to accelerate resorbing of the thick fluid is through surgery, which would require a gas bubble that could cause a cataract.

    FanHouse 2009

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