Resorb
/rɪˈzɔːrb/noun
To absorb again or to take up material back into a body or system.
Did you know?Resorb comes from Latin roots meaning “to suck back,” and in medicine and geology it describes matter being reabsorbed instead of remaining visible, as if the world itself is reclaiming it.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
resorbere
“to suck back, swallow up again”
Late Latin
Latin
resorpt-
“drawn back in, reabsorbed”
14th Century
French
resorber
“to absorb again; to draw back in”
16th Century
English
resorb
“to absorb again or back into a substance or body”
Modern English
English
resorb
“to be or become absorbed again”