reabsorbs
Draws in again
Reabsorbs means to absorb again or take back in what was previously released or filtered out.
The term appears most often in biology and medicine, where the kidneys reabsorb water and nutrients from filtered blood, returning useful substances to circulation: The body reabsorbs most of the calcium it filters.
More generally, anything that draws back what it released can be said to reabsorb it.
Blood-filtering organ
- nephronKidney's filtration unit
- tubulesMinuscule hollow structures
- glomerulusCapillary knot filtering blood
- filtrationSeparating solids from liquids
electrolytes · sodium · potassium · urea · creatinine · urine · glucose · water
Cell engulfs external material
- phagocytosisCellular ingestion of particles
- vesicleSmall fluid-filled sac
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- cytoplasmGel surrounding the nucleus
receptor · lysosome · vacuole · transport · uptake · internalize · engulf · metabolize
Vital dietary substances
- mineralsInorganic natural solids
- vitaminsEssential organic nutrients
- calciumElement twenty, builds bones
- ironElement twenty-six
bile · fluid · lymph · intestine · colon · bone · tissue · bloodstream
Absorb and incorporate fully
- incorporateAbsorb into something larger
- reintegrateReturn to unified state
- reclaimTake back possession
- take backWithdraw previous words
internalize · subsume · merge · consolidate · reunify · recoup · regain · recover
kidney
Blood-filtering organ
- nephronKidney's filtration unit
- tubulesMinuscule hollow structures
- glomerulusCapillary knot filtering blood
filtration · electrolytes · sodium · potassium · urea · creatinine · urine · glucose · water · bicarbonate
endocytosis
Cell engulfs external material
- phagocytosisCellular ingestion of particles
- vesicleSmall fluid-filled sac
- membraneThin tissue sheet
cytoplasm · receptor · lysosome · vacuole · transport · uptake · internalize · engulf · metabolize · digest
nutrients
Vital dietary substances
- mineralsInorganic natural solids
- vitaminsEssential organic nutrients
- calciumElement twenty, builds bones
iron · bile · fluid · lymph · intestine · colon · bone · tissue · bloodstream · digestion
assimilate
Absorb and incorporate fully
- incorporateAbsorb into something larger
- reintegrateReturn to unified state
- reclaimTake back possession
take back · internalize · subsume · merge · consolidate · reunify · recoup · regain · recover · restore
reabsorbsexcretes
Expels bodily waste
secretes · expels · eliminates · discharges · releases
- tubular reabsorptionNephron recovery of filtered substances