uptake
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5.1
- noun
- /ˈʌpˌteɪk/
- Specialized
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absorción
- Wellness incentives are intended to encourage uptake of prevention and health promotion programs.
- oxygen uptake
- nutrient uptake
- plant uptake
So we're expanding that acute glucose uptake through an epigenetic change.
- So we're expanding that acute glucose uptake through an epigenetic change.
- And in more bad news about smoking, maternal cigarette smoking impairs the uptake of some nutrients into breast milk.
- So the normal antidepressants are called SSRI's, serotonin inhibitors, uptake inhibitors.
- And then immune system, again, the real importance there of good dietary uptake.
- You can look at specific imaging in PET scans, for example, and you can look at fluorodopa uptake for example, in in Parkinson's.
- So we have cells that line our gut wall and they're involved in the uptake of the products of digestion and passing them out onto the bloodstream.
- They explain that ecosystems grow as fractals, with new branches sprouting in order to maximize perfusion and resource uptake.
- And so, you know, your, your serotonin uptake goes bad and you start to get depressed and now you're in a big problem.
Examples
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There is already evidence of lower uptake of the H1N1 vaccine among minorities.
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Well, how does glucose uptake get enhanced in those cells?
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Yet in some institutions, the uptake of this service is less than ideal.
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So the forests are keeping their carbon uptake going longer.
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Surface vegetation should have good water uptake and thrive in the local climate.
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The failure to achieve widespread vaccination uptake has many possible causes.
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The third fungus appears to regulate nutrient uptake and interact with other fungi to benefit the plant.
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So we have cells that line our gut wall and they're involved in the uptake of the products of digestion and passing them out onto the bloodstream.
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Reprogrammed metabolism, resulting in increased glucose uptake and glycolysis, is a hallmark of cancer.
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Eating fruits and vegetables increases your body’s uptake of essential vitamins and minerals.
Synonyms
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3.9
The body takes nutrients from digested food into the blood
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5.8
The body taking in nutrients after food is digested
One substance being absorbed into another, for example dye into fabric
A process where a material takes in or holds another substance
The taking in of liquid, for example when seeds take in water
A process where a cell surrounds and takes in tiny things like bacteria
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- Specialized
A test that measures how much radioactive iodine the thyroid takes to see how well it works
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Uptake comes from the simple parts up- and take, like the phrase 'take up' meaning 'to take in'. Think of a sponge pulling water up; uptake is the process of 'taking in' a substance into the body or a material.