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clearance time, n the time taken for a cariogenic exposure to pass from the oral cavity; depends largely upon type of food ingested, efficiency of the lips, teeth, and tongue, and the amount of saliva present in an individual's oral cavity. clearance the act of clearing; it is a primary pharmacokinetic parameter which describes irreversible removal of a drug from the body by all processes and is made up of renal clearance and metabolic clearance. blood-urea clearance the volume of the blood cleared of urea per minute by renal elimination. Bromsulphalein clearance see sulfobromophthalein clearance test. creatinine clearance see creatinine. inulin clearance see inulin clearance. clearance time the time required for a drug to be eliminated after administration. Eliminated means to the point where it can no longer be detected. Of most importance in avoiding drug residues in food animals and charges of doping in sports animals. urea clearance blood-urea clearance. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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This decrease in clearance time, in part, is due to the CDE's being passed by the FOS integrated system through AFATDS to the targeting cell. Union Pak, a service provider for UPS, has worked with Costa Rican customs to set up a grade system for clearance using colors, from immediate (green), to documentation review (yellow) and full physical inspection (red), reducing clearance time to three hours from three days. Indeed, the average Customs clearance time at SCLA is just two hours -- clearance at LAX can take up to two days. |
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