- bioavailability
- noun Date: 1971 the degree and rate at which a substance (as a drug) is absorbed into a living system or is made available at the site of physiological activity • bioavailable adjective
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bioavailability — n. extent and rate which a drug (or other substance) is absorbed and becomes available in a physiologically active form … English contemporary dictionary
