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oral availability

oral availability noun: the quality of being efficacious when taken by mouth (usually of a medicinal drug).

Noun

oral availability (usually uncountable, plural oral availabilities)

  1. (usually) The quality of being efficacious when taken by mouth (usually of a medicinal drug).
    • An analysis of the measured oral availability in rats for over 1100 compounds studied at SmithKline Beecham has revealed the unexpected positive influence of increasing molecular rigidity as measured by the rotatable bond count and the more expected negative impact of increasing polar surface area.2002, Daniel F. Veber, Stephen R. Johnson, Hung-Yuan Cheng, Brian R. Smith, Keith W. Ward, and Kenneth D. Kopple, "Molecular Properties That Influence the Oral Bioavailability of Drug Candidates"....

Forms of oral availability

pluraloral availabilities

Questions about oral availability

What does oral availability mean?
Oral availability means the quality of being efficacious when taken by mouth (usually of a medicinal drug).
What part of speech is oral availability?
Oral availability is a noun.
What is the plural of oral availability?
The plural of oral availability is oral availabilities.

Words near oral availability in the dictionary

  1. oral
  2. oral allergy syndrome
  3. oral argument
  4. oral arguments
  5. oral availabilities
  6. oral availability
  7. oral candidiases
  8. oral candidiasis
  9. oral cavities
  10. oral cavity
  11. oral dam

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