resorption
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When Dr. Hisaw published these findings under the title, "The Influence of the Ovary on the Resorption of the Pubic Bones of the Pocket Gopher," nobody paid much attention.
From Time Magazine Archive
Resorption, rē-sorp′shun, n. the disappearance of an organ by absorption.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
