Rē'-ab-sōrb', v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. REABSORBED; p. pr. & vb. n. REABSORBING.] [Eng. prefix re and absorb.] To absorb again; to draw in or imbibe again what has been effused, extravasated, or thrown off; to swallow up again; as, to reabsorb chyle, lymph, &c.;—used of fluids.