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Absorption

Medical Definition: The taking in or incorporation of gaseous or liquid substances, light, or heat. It includes the metabolic absorption of exogenous nutrients, chemicals, and drugs into microorganisms, tissues, and organs.
Guide Notes: almost never IM; coord NIM with substance /pharmacokin (IM) or organ /metab (IM) when absorptive process, degree or rate in article; TN 1: relation to metab & importance in pharmacol

Absorption Medical Definitions and Terms

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