REABSORPTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reabsorption mean? 

• REABSORPTION (noun)
  The noun REABSORPTION has 1 sense:

1. the organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation

  Familiarity information: REABSORPTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REABSORPTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

reabsorption; resorption

Hypernyms ("reabsorption" is a kind of...):

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

Derivation:

reabsorb (undergo resorption)

 Context examples 

It results in decreased reabsorption of electrolytes, glucose, amino acids, and other nutrients.

(Fanconi syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent also prevents water reabsorption in the proximal tubule in the kidney leading to an increase in water and sodium excretion and a reduction in blood volume.

(Glycerin, NCI Thesaurus)

Aminometradine appears to inhibit the reabsorption of sodium ions by the renal tubules and is a relatively weak diuretic.

(Aminometradine, NCI Thesaurus)

Iothalamate sodium I-125 is cleared by glomerular filtration without tubular secretion or reabsorption and can be used as a diagnostic tool to determine the glomerular filtration rate.

(Iothalamate Sodium I-125, NCI Thesaurus)

As a thiazide-like diuretic, fenquizone acts by blocking reabsorption of sodium in the proximal tubule and the ascending branch of the loop of Henle.

(Fenquizone, NCI Thesaurus)

As a mineralocorticoid-receptor agonist, this agent stimulates Na+ reabsorption and water retention and K+ and H+ secretion in the distal tubules and collecting ducts of the kidney.

(Fludrocortisone Acetate, NCI Thesaurus)

A non-absorbed polymer that binds bile acids in the intestine, impedes their reabsorption and lowers serum lipids.

(Colesevelam, NCI Thesaurus)

Desmopressin acetate has selective affinity for the V2 receptor and acts on the distal kidney tubule by increasing the cellular permeability thereby stimulating water reabsorption.

(Desmopressin Acetate, NCI Thesaurus)

Calcitriol regulates calcium in vivo by promoting absorption in the intestine, reabsorption in the kidneys, and, along with parathyroid hormone, regulation of bone growth.

(Calcitriol, NCI Thesaurus)

Azosemide inhibits sodium and chloride reabsorption throughout the thick ascending limb of the loop of Henle.

(Azosemide, NCI Thesaurus)