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TAKEN UP
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or showing excessive or compulsive concern with something
Example:
he was taken up in worry for the old woman
Synonyms:
haunted; obsessed; preoccupied; taken up
Classified under:
Similar:
concerned (feeling or showing worry or solicitude)
Context examples:
For a few minutes we were so taken up with him that we did not look towards the coffin.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
C-11 choline gets taken up by cells in the body and more of it is taken up by tumor cells than by normal cells.
(C-11 choline, NCI Dictionary)
Upon administration of cysteine-rich whey protein isolate, cystine and glutamylcystine are taken up by cells and release free cysteine.
(Cysteine-Rich Non-Denatured Whey Protein Isolate IMN1207, NCI Thesaurus)
Amy is splendid in fine works and I'm not, but I feel in my element when all the carpets are to be taken up, or half the family fall sick at once.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
She had taken up the idea, she supposed, and made every thing bend to it.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
Contrast agents are substances that are injected into the body and taken up by certain tissues, making the tissues easier to see in imaging scans.
(Ferumoxytol, NCI Dictionary)
But then, it had been taken up by his father and mother.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
A relative measurement (ratio or percentage) of the proportion of the volume of blood taken up by platelets.
(Platelet Hematocrit Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
When aminolevulinic acid is taken up by cells, including cancer cells, and then exposed to certain types of light, it becomes active and kills the cells.
(Aminolevulinic acid, NCI Dictionary)
When aminolevulinic acid hydrochloride is taken up by cells, including cancer cells, and then exposed to certain types of light, it becomes active and kills the cells.
(Aminolevulinic acid hydrochloride, NCI Dictionary)
