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Resorption
The process of losing substance. Bone, when it is remodeled (reshaped), undergoes both new formation and resorption. The cell responsible for the resorption of bone is called an osteoclast.
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1. The act of resorbing. 2. A loss of substance by lysis, or by physiologic or pathologic means.
- bone r. the removal of osseous tissue.
- gingival r. SYN: gingival recession.
- horizontal r. SYN: horizontal atrophy.
- internal r. a loss of tooth structure originating within the pulp cavity.
- ridge r. a loss in the volume and size of the alveolar portion of the mandible or maxilla.
- root r. dissolution of the root of a tooth; either external, with loss or blunting of the apical portion, or internal, with loss of dentin from the inside (pulpal) part of the root area.

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re·sorp·tion (')rē-'sȯrp-shən, -'zȯrp- n the action or process of resorbing something <age-related bone loss...is caused by a slight but persistent elevation in the rate of bone \resorption over the rate of bone formation (P. S. Millard )(et al)>

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n.
loss of substance through physiological or pathological means.

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re·sorp·tion (re-sorpґshən) [L. resorbere to swallow again] 1. the loss of substance through physiologic or pathologic means, such as loss of dentin and cementum of a tooth, or of the alveolar process of the mandible or maxilla. 2. reabsorption of fluid.

Medical dictionary. 2011.