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RESORPTION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (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

Synonyms:

reabsorption; resorption

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

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

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

Derivation:

resorb (undergo resorption)

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 Context examples: 

By preventing osteoclast-mediated bone resorption, piridronic acid decreases bone turnover and stabilizes the bone matrix.

(Piridronic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Pamidronic acid binds to and adsorbs onto hydroxyapatite crystals in the bone matrix, thereby preventing osteoclast resorption.

(Pamidronic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Gallium nitrate localizes preferentially to areas of bone resorption and remodeling and inhibits osteoclast-mediated resorption by enhancing hydroxyapatite crystallization and reduction of bone mineral solubility.

(Gallium nitrate, NCI Thesaurus)

As an aldosterone antagonist, oxprenoate may inhibit sodium resorption in the collecting duct and may eventually lead to diuresis.

(Oxprenoate, NCI Thesaurus)

This agent adsorbs to hydroxyapatite cells and reduces the number of osteoclasts, thereby inhibiting abnormal bone resorption.

(Etidronate Disodium, NCI Thesaurus)

Odanacatib selectively binds to and inhibits the activity of cathepsin K, which may result in a reduction in bone resorption, improvement of bone mineral density, and a reversal in osteoporotic changes.

(Odanacatib, NCI Thesaurus)

Bone resorption of type I collagen by osteoclasts results in the release of this peptide.

(N-Telopeptide, NCI Thesaurus)

Eplerenone binds to the mineralocorticoid receptor and blocks the binding of aldosterone, thereby decreasing sodium resorption and subsequently increasing water outflow.

(Eplerenone, NCI Thesaurus)

Anti-M-CSF monoclonal antibody MCS110 binds to M-CSF and blocks M-CSF-mediated signaling through the M-CSF receptor CD116 expressed on osteoclasts, which may result in inhibition of M-CSF-induced osteoclast differentiation and so osteoclastic bone resorption.

(Anti-M-CSF Monoclonal Antibody MCS110, NCI Thesaurus)

A disease of bone that initially results in the excessive resorption of bone (by osteoclasts) followed by the replacement of normal bone marrow with vascular and fibrous tissue.

(Bone Paget Disease, NCI Thesaurus)