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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/
translation icon : 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
149 3.6

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

to excrete
  • NSFW
6 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.