resorption
noun
resorption is a noun meaning “The act of resorbing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-S-O-R-P-T-I-O-N, and it appears about once in every 6 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of resorption is resorptions.
What does resorption mean?
noun
- 1
The act of resorbing.
- 2
The redissolving, wholly or in part, in the molten magma of an igneous rock, of crystals previously formed.
- 3
The loss and reassimilation of bone (or other) material.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of resorption
- resorptions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is resorption?
Resorption appears about once in every 6 million words in written English, the 75,877th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Resorption in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense the loss and reassimilation of bone material:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | résorption |
| German | Resorption |
| Portuguese | ressorção |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does resorption come from?
By surface analysis, resorb + -tion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).