reabsorb
verb
re·ab·sorb
ˌrē-əb-ˈsȯrb 
-ˈzȯrb
reabsorbed; reabsorbing; reabsorbs
: to take up (something previously secreted or emitted)
sugars reabsorbed in the kidney
also
: resorb sense 2
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According to the Cleveland Clinic, adults normally produce about 5 fluid ounces a day—less than half a soda can—that your body normally and regularly reabsorbs.
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Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
After absorbing incoming light, fluorophores re-emit a different color, which bounces between the window’s surfaces toward the solar cell, rather than escaping or being reabsorbed by other dots.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2018
Nonetheless, the steady hand of gravity allowed the Earth to reabsorb some of this ejecta, and a sizable portion of the rest formed the moon.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2025
The gel traps bile, a substance that our liver produces from cholesterol to help digest fat, and prevents the body from reabsorbing it.
—Isobel Whitcomb, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2025
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Peter Aitken, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
After absorbing incoming light, fluorophores re-emit a different color, which bounces between the window’s surfaces toward the solar cell, rather than escaping or being reabsorbed by other dots.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2018
Nonetheless, the steady hand of gravity allowed the Earth to reabsorb some of this ejecta, and a sizable portion of the rest formed the moon.
—Max Bennett, Discover Magazine, 12 Apr. 2025
The gel traps bile, a substance that our liver produces from cholesterol to help digest fat, and prevents the body from reabsorbing it.
—Isobel Whitcomb, New York Times, 10 Feb. 2025
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reabsorb
transitive verb
re·ab·sorb
ˌrē-əb-ˈsȯ(ə)rb, -ˈzȯ(ə)rb
: to take up (something previously secreted or emitted)
sugars reabsorbed in the kidney
also
: resorb
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