resorption

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

resorption
    n 1: the organic process in which the substance of some
         differentiated structure that has been produced by the body
         undergoes lysis and assimilation [syn: {resorption},
         {reabsorption}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Resorption \Re*sorp"tion\ (r?*s?rp"sh?n), n.
   1. The act of resorbing; also, the act of absorbing again;
      reabsorption.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Petrography) The redissolving wholly or in part, in the
      molten magma of an igneous rock, of crystals previously
      formed. The dissolved material may again solidify, giving
      rise to a mass of small crystals, usually of a different
      kind.
      [Webster 1913 Suppl.]