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to reabsorb

to reabsorb

3 5.8
To take water or nutrients back into a living thing after they were lost
  • verb
  • /ˌriːəbˈzɔːrb/
: reabsorber
  • The body reabsorbs much of that cholesterol.
  • also reabsorbs

The body reabsorbs much of that cholesterol.

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Examples

  • In most cases, though, the factions at some point were reabsorbed into the parties' mainstream.

    Academic text (2000)

  • So among those is that the body reabsorbs sodium.

  • The embryo will break down and be reabsorbed naturally into your body.

    Junior (1994)

  • In the case of PLLA, the material decomposes and is reabsorbed by the body.

    Academic text (2002)

  • So this sodium leaves the leaves the urine through the walls of the tubules and is reabsorbed back into blood vessels.

  • Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere today has accumulated over centuries, with only a fraction being reabsorbed by oceans and land during that time.

    Academic text (2004)

  • Since polyester restricts the flow of air, trapped chemicals are reabsorbed by the skin from your pores.

    The Bramfam

  • It actually actively reabsorbs the bile, the cholesterol in the bile back into the circulation to be reused again and again and again.

    KenDBerryMD

  • The kidneys filter waste from the blood and reabsorb essential nutrients back into the body.

  • After exercising, the body reabsorbs fluids to help maintain proper hydration levels.

Synonyms

to resorb
vsto reabsorb
  • Specialized
1 9.7

To take material back into the body or a body part

focuses on a substance or fluid being taken in again after release

Antonyms

release
76 3.6

The act of letting a liquid, gas, or energy flow out

to excrete
  • NSFW
10 7.0

To remove waste from the body through urine, sweat or breath

Surface Forms

reabsorb infinitive
reabsorbing present participle
reabsorbs third person singular
reabsorbed past
reabsorbed past participle

Morphology

reabsorb = absorb (transparent) = re + absorb

This is a standard and easily interpretable use of 're-' meaning 'again' added to the verb 'absorb'.

Etymology

Reabsorb is made of re- meaning 'again' and absorb meaning 'to take in'. So reabsorb means 'to take in again', like a sponge soaking up water or the body taking water back into itself.