resorbing
Absorbing into itself
Resorbing is the present participle of resorb, meaning to absorb again or break down and assimilate.
The term appears most often in medical and biological contexts: bone tissue resorbs and rebuilds continuously, and the body may resorb fluid from a swelling.
The fracture is healing, with the damaged tissue slowly resorbing.
Bone-resorbing cells
- remodelingAltering existing structures
- calciumElement twenty, builds bones
- osteoblastsBone-synthesizing cells
- osteoporosisDisease weakening skeletal structure
osteopenia · matrix · collagen · collagenase · acidification · lacunae · trabecular · cortical
Cellular ingestion of particles
- endocytosisCell engulfs external material
- macrophagesLarge pathogen-engulfing immune cells
- lysosomesOrganelles containing breakdown enzymes
- autophagyCellular self-degradation process
apoptosis · enzymes · hydrolysis · degradation · lysis · metabolism · vesicles · proteolysis
Disperse into liquid
- disintegrateBreak into fragments
- decomposeBreak into simpler parts
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
- decayGradual organic breakdown
degradation · disperse · disappear · dissipation · fade · vanish · melt · liquefy
osteoclasts
Bone-resorbing cells
- remodelingAltering existing structures
- calciumElement twenty, builds bones
- osteoblastsBone-synthesizing cells
osteoporosis · osteopenia · matrix · collagen · collagenase · acidification · lacunae · trabecular · cortical · demineralization
phagocytosis
Cellular ingestion of particles
- endocytosisCell engulfs external material
- macrophagesLarge pathogen-engulfing immune cells
- lysosomesOrganelles containing breakdown enzymes
autophagy · apoptosis · enzymes · hydrolysis · degradation · lysis · metabolism · vesicles · proteolysis · cytoplasm
dissolve
Disperse into liquid
- disintegrateBreak into fragments
- decomposeBreak into simpler parts
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
decay · degradation · disperse · disappear · dissipation · fade · vanish · melt · liquefy
resorbingsecreting
Emitting from glands
excreting · expelling · releasing · emitting · discharging
resorbingforming
Coming into existence
depositing · building · ossifying · synthesizing · generating
absorb, absorbed, absorbing, absorption, absorbent, absorptive, adsorption, reabsorb, sorption