If the accumulation of blood is not extensive it may be reabsorbed, but if abundant it may lead to irritation and dangerous inflammation, and should be incised with a lancet and the clots cleared out.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
Its future fate can only be either to dwell calmly for ever among kindred souls, or to be reabsorbed into the general whole.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
There were two courses open: the moon must either have fallen back on the earth, and been reabsorbed into the mass of the earth, or it must have commenced its outward journey.
"The Story of the Heavens"
Robert Stawell Ball