bioavailability /bio·avail·a·bil·i·ty/ (bi″o-ah-vāl″ah-bil´ĭ-te) the degree to which a drug or other substance becomes available to the target tissue after administration.
Bioavailability
bioavailability
bioavailability (bīˈ·ō·
·vālˈ··bilˑ·i·tē),
bioavailability
bi·o·a·vail·a·bil·i·ty (b   - -v l-b l -t )n. The physiological availability of a given amount of a drug, as distinct from its chemical potency. |
Bioavailability
A measure of the amount of drug that is actually absorbed from a given dose.
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bioavailability
[-əvā′libil′itē]
Etymology: Gk, bios + ME, availen, to serve
the degree of activity or amount of an administered drug or other substance that becomes available for activity in the target tissue.
bioavailability (bīˈ·ō·
·vālˈ··bilˑ·i·tē),n the amount of or rate at which a substance or drug is accessible to the body.
bioavailability
the degree to which a drug or other substance becomes available to the target tissue after administration.
bioavailability
Clinical pharmacology The degree to which a drug is available to a target tissue after administration which, for oral drugs, reflects the rate and extent of GI tract absorption; BA is the in vivo presence of a substance in a
form that allows it to be metabolized, serve as a substrate, bind a specific molecule, or participate in biochemical reactions. See Oral bioavailability.
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