reabsorptiveadj.

1890 S. Sexton Classif. & Treatm. Ear Dis. 9 During the reabsorptive stage, massage practiced daily..greatly facilitated the reparative process.

1897 H. H. Wing Milk & its Products 29 The milk first drawn has been in the milk cisterns and larger vessels for a considerable period of time, and so has been subject to the reabsorptive action of the lymphatics for a longer time.

1939 Rev. Econ. Stud. 7 52 As measured by the variance, we can therefore say that of the total regional differences in re-absorptive mobility from the register only 41%..is due to a difference in actual re-absorption rates for unemployed persons in the same condition.

1946 Nature 23 Nov. 730/1 The concept of competition for secretory and reabsorptive mechanisms in the renal tubules has proved very fruitful.

1975 Austral. Jrnl. Biol. Sci. 28 511 As the phosphate load to the kidney increased, the renal tubular reabsorptive capacity became saturated.

2000 Rev. Reprod. 5 84 The efferent ductules are altered markedly from a reabsorptive epithelium to a squamous epithelium devoid of lysosomes and endocytotic organelles.