Associations to the word «Reabsorption»

Wiktionary

REABSORPTION, noun. (physics) The subsequent absorption of emitted radiation
REABSORPTION, noun. (physiology) The subsequent absorption of a secreted substance

Dictionary definition

REABSORPTION, noun. The organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats