resorbability

resorbability

English

Etymology

resorb +‎ -ability

Noun

resorbability (usually uncountable, plural resorbabilities)

1. The quality of being resorbable.
   • 2015 July 21, “The Crosstalk between Osteoclasts and Osteoblasts Is Dependent upon the Composition and Structure of Biphasic Calcium Phosphates”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0132903:

     First, they place the link between resorbability and osteoconductivity in the biological context of the remodeling sequence, where OCs and matrix resorption not only precede but also induce local bone formation on their substrate.