单词 | resorptive |
释义 | reˈsorptive, a. [Cf. prec. and -ive.] Pertaining to, of the nature of, resorption.
1886Philadelphia Med. Times XVI. 490/2 The removal of such substances is dependent upon the action of specialized cells, called resorptive or giant cells, and the process is physiological. 1889Science XIII. 232 The resorptive phenomena of porphyritic quartz and other minerals in eruptive rocks. 1951Jrnl. Bone & Joint Surg. A. XXXIII. 936 All resorptive processes occur principally in relation to calcified matrices and not to osteoid or uncalcified cartilage. 1978Sci. Amer. Feb. 112/3 My own observations of such ‘flypaper’ trappers as butterworts and sundews suggest that these plants have secretory and resorptive mechanisms that are quite different from the ones likely to operate in pitcher plants. |

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