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 [bi″o-ah-vāl″ah-bil´ĭ-te]
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 [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 (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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