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uptake /up·take/ (up´tāk) absorption and incorporation of a substance by living tissue.

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The absorption by a tissue of a substance, such as a nutrient, and its permanent or temporary retention.

uptake

[up′tāk]

Etymology: AS, uptacan

the drawing up or absorption of a substance.

uptake [up´tāk]

absorption and incorporation of a substance by living tissue.

biologic uptake movement of hazardous substances from the environment into the tissues of plants or animals.

radioactive iodine uptake (radioiodine uptake) uptake of radioiodine from the blood by the thyroid gland; see radioiodine uptake test.

T3 resin uptake (triiodothyronine resin uptake) the uptake of radioactive triiodothyronine at binding sites on resin, contrasted to uptake at sites on thyroxine-binding globulin in the triiodothyronine resin uptake test.

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absorption apolipoprotein E Doughnut Sign endocytosis free thyroxine index intestinal absorption mixed postpartum thyrotoxicosis radioactive radioactive iodine excretion test radioactive iodine uptake radioiodine uptake radioiodine uptake test RAIU sideromycin T 3 T3 uptake test thyroid function test Thyroid Function Tests			Sometimes he may appear confused or slow on the uptake, but he's just pretending. And here's Page 2 of that Strictly memo by The Mirror (London, England) Kelly was certainly not slow on the uptake and had his mount out in a flash from stall three and the 9-1 chance kept on well to score by three-quarters of a length from Green Beret. River Kirov puts Hills on course for double strike by The Racing Post (London, England) Johnson said he was looking forward to the Twenty20 World Cup, but captain Ricky Ponting conceded Australia had been slow on the uptake with the abbreviated format. Johnson eyes batting in top six by Asian News International			slit-lamp slit-lamp microscope slit-ventricle syndrome slitlamp slitter sliver SLO Slo-Phyllin slobbering slobbers slope slope culture slope, lower ridge slot defect sloth slough sloughed off Sloughi Sloughui slow slow channel Slow Code slow diastolic depolarization Slow Food Movement slow infection slow on the uptake slow pain slow pathway slow pulse slow stroking Slow Suicide slow vestibular stimulation slow virus slow virus disease slow-acting insulin Slow-K slow-reacting substance slow-reacting substance of anaphylaxis slow-response action potential slow-twitch slow-twitch fiber SLP SLR Sluder's neuralgia sludge SLUDGE syndrome sludging slug slundhru slurred speech slurry			slow march Slow market Slow Markets slow match slow match slow memory slow motion slow motion slow motion Slow Moving and Obsolete Inventory Slow Moving Consumer Goods Slow Moving or Obsolete Stock/Inventory Slow Moving Person/People Slow Moving Software Slow Moving Vehicle slow muscles slow muscles slow muscles slow muscles slow neutron slow neutron Slow Neutron Capture Gamma Slow neutron spectroscopy slow neutrons slow neutrons Slow Non-Isothermal Flows slow nova slow off the mark Slow on the Bottle, Enjoy the Road :-) slow on the draw slow on the uptake Slow Optical Buffer Slow Oxidative slow pace Slow Pain slow pathway Slow Person in Front of Me Slow Phase Eye Velocity Slow pitch Slow pitch Slow Pitch Softball League Slow Play Slow Positron Implantation Spectroscopy Slow pulse Slow pulse Slow pulse Slow pulse slow ray Slow Rayleigh Fading Channel Slow reacting substance of anaphylaxis slow reactor slow reactors Slow Recovery from Open Channel Block Slow Release slow release bolus slow release bolus slow release bolus slow release bolus Slow Release Fluoride Device slow response action potential slow response action potential

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uptake (redirected from slow on the uptake)

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