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- verb Present participle of
resorb .
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Examples
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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
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I don't buy the argument that resorbing walls gains significant space.
New year, new snail: Theodoxus fluviatilis AYDIN 2007
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However, resorbing would allow different use of the space.
New year, new snail: Theodoxus fluviatilis AYDIN 2007
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The bath flowed away, resorbing into the ship's substance.
The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection Dozois, Gardner 2006
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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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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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