Resorbed vs Resorbable - What's the difference?
resorbed | resorbable |
(resorb)
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to absorb (something) again
to undergo resorption
(biology) to dissolve something (as for example bone, sinew, or suture) and assimilate it.
Able to be resorbed.
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(head)resorb
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(en verb)Derived terms
* resorbence * resorbant * resorption * resorptiveAnagrams
*resorbable
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(en adjective)Charles T. Ambrose
Alzheimer’s Disease, volume=101, issue=3, page=200, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable , slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.}}