[ noun ] the organic process in which the substance of some differentiated structure that has been produced by the body undergoes lysis and assimilation <noun.process>
Resorption \Re*sorp"tion\ (r?*s?rp"sh?n), n. 1. The act of resorbing; also, the act of absorbing again; reabsorption.
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.]
Etidronate works by slowing the body's resorption of old bone. This allows the slow production of new bone to outpace the loss. The medicine resulted in a two-thirds drop in fractures in women with the weakest bones, the study showed.