Resorbing

I have not seen that kind of thing from orthodontic treatment--sometimes you can get the ends of the roots resorbing a little but I have not seen an abscess from treatment. ❋ Dr. Dean Brandon (2009)

I don't buy the argument that resorbing walls gains significant space. ❋ AYDIN (2007)

However, resorbing would allow different use of the space. ❋ AYDIN (2007)

The bath flowed away, resorbing into the ship's substance. ❋ Dozois, Gardner (2006)

What is happening is that the families are merging, and society is resorbing its errant ones. ❋ Ann Althouse (2005)

Bone is constantly remodelled through the activities of bone-forming osteoblasts and bone-resorbing osteoclasts ❋ Jochen Schulze Et Al. (2010)

Two new studies published online July 22 in Cell show that insulin stimulates both bone building and breakdown in mice through the hormone's effects on two types of bone cells: bone-building osteoblasts and bone-resorbing osteoclasts. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The only way to accelerate resorbing of the thick fluid is through surgery, which would require a gas bubble that could cause a cataract.

B has a crucial role in promoting the maturation of bone-resorbing osteoclasts. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Alendronate is a bisphosphonate that binds to bone hydroxyapatite and specifically inhibits the activity of osteoclasts, the bone-resorbing cells.

Both types of cells are instrumental in regulating a healthy skeleton - osteoblasts by forming new bone, and osteoclasts by resorbing old and brittle bone, said an UAB release. ❋ Unknown (2008)

While osteoblasts regulate a healthy skeleton by forming new bone, and osteoclasts do so by resorbing old and brittle bone. ❋ Unknown (2008)

In particular, crosslinks dosage has been chosen in clinical practice to monitor bone metastatic disease and the response to anti-resorbing treatments such as bisphosphonates ❋ Ilaria Roato Et Al. (2008)

"When my mother was pregnant with me they did an [ultrasound] and found she was [having twins]. When they did another ultrasound a few weeks later, they discovered that I had 'resorbed' the other fetus. Do I regret this? No. I believe his tissues made me stronger. I now have the strength of a grown man and a little baby." - [Rainn Wilson] as Dwight Schrute on NBC's The Office, "Grief Counseling Episode, Season 3 ❋ Pejohnson76 (2011)