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What is the adjective for resorptive?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb resorb which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

resorptive
  1. Of, pertaining to, or caused by resorption
  2. Examples:
    1. “This influence, along with the specialized receptors along the tubule, allows each tubular section a selective resorptive and secretory function.”
      “In HPTH, bone formation rate is markedly elevated and increases in formative and resorptive markers seem to be of equivalent size.”
      “The increase in osteoclasis and the uncoupling of osteoblastic and osteoclastic activity resulted in an increase in resorptive surfaces.”
resorbable
  1. Able to be resorbed.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Additional resorbable sutures were used to refix the tibionavicular and tibial spring ligaments.”
      “I snipped off the tumor with the Metzenbaum scissors, fulgurated its base, and proceeded to help him sew die bladder back together with some resorbable suture.”
resorbed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of resorb
  2. Synonyms:
resorbing
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