reabsorption
IPA: riʌbzˈɔrpʃʌn
noun
- (physics) The subsequent absorption of emitted radiation.
- (physiology) The subsequent absorption of a secreted substance.
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Examples of "reabsorption" in Sentences
- A transfer by reabsorption is impossible here.
- They contribute to renal glucose reabsorption.
- There is little to no tubular reabsorption of creatinine.
- Sodium reabsorption is primarily driven by this antiporter.
- Almost all reabsorption takes place in the proximal tubule.
- The process of reabsorption occurs in this part of the metanephridium.
- Absorption of digested food and reabsorption of water and defaecation.
- Water in the tubular lumen follows the sodium reabsorption osmotically.
- SGLT2 is the major cotransporter involved in glucose reabsorption in the kidney.
- The standing gradient osmosis is a term used to describe the reabsorption of water against the osmotic gradient in the intestines.
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