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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of resorb.

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Examples

  • Patients who received the device will probably not need to have it removed because it is resorbed and replaced with new tissue, but should talk with their doctor, the FDA said.

    FDA admits mistake with knee device Rob Stein 2010

  • During the maturation of the snail, the outer-basal tooth is resorbed; the adult snails retain only the columellar.

    Ventridens suppressus AYDIN 2009

  • During the maturation of the snail, the outer-basal tooth is resorbed; the adult snails retain only the columellar.

    Archive 2009-07-01 AYDIN 2009

  • One does not usually see the root because it is resorbed as the permanent tooth erupts.

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Freak of Nature 2009

  • Patients who received the device will probably not need to have it removed because it is resorbed and replaced with new tissue, but they should talk with their doctor, the FDA said.

    FDA admits mistake in approving device used to repair damaged knees Post 2010

  • It looks like Eeyore's resorbed twin or something.

    The Day the Spaceship Earth Stood Still 2010

  • The problem is that this is a temporary filler that will be resorbed into the skin after about a year, so the procedure will have to be repeated.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • The problem is that this is a temporary filler that will be resorbed into the skin after about a year, so the procedure will have to be repeated.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • The problem is that this is a temporary filler that will be resorbed into the skin after about a year, so the procedure will have to be repeated.

    Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

  • That remains pretty much unquestioned: estrogen decreases the amount of bone that is resorbed in the constant process of skeletal building and demolishing.

    The Risks Of Estrogen 2008

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