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UPTAKE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
Synonyms:
consumption; ingestion; intake; uptake
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("uptake" is a kind of...):
activity; bodily function; bodily process; body process (an organic process that takes place in the body)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "uptake"):
eating; feeding (the act of consuming food)
deglutition; drink; swallow (the act of swallowing)
suck; sucking; suction (the act of sucking)
drinking; imbibing; imbibition (the act of consuming liquids)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A process of taking up or using up or consuming
Example:
they developed paper napkins with a greater uptake of liquids
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("uptake" is a kind of...):
human process (a process in which human beings are involved)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "uptake"):
re-uptake; reuptake (a process of using up or consuming again)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb uptake
Context examples:
This leads to an impaired uptake of glucose, a depletion of glycogen stores, and results in the worm's death.
(Albendazole, NCI Thesaurus)
Current global vegetation models have faced challenges in producing consistent estimates of plant CO2 uptake, scientists say.
(What's killing trees during droughts?, National Science Foundation)
This protein plays a role in both transport and cellular uptake of LDL particles.
(Apolipoprotein B-100, NCI Thesaurus)
Upon uptake by P-gp at the blood-brain barrier (BBB) and subsequent PET imaging, this radioligand may allow for prediction of P-gp function and expression in brain tumor patients.
(Carbon C 11 N-desmethyl-Loperamide, NCI Thesaurus)
Atorvastatin also increases the number of LDL receptors on hepatic cell surfaces to enhance uptake and catabolism of LDL and reduces LDL production and the number of LDL particles.
(Atorvastatin, NCI Thesaurus)
Ketamine displays complex pharmacologic actions including biogenic amine uptake inhibition, interaction with opioid receptors, and inhibition of N-methyl D-aspartate (NMDA) receptors.
(Baclofen/amitriptyline/ketamine gel, NCI Thesaurus)
After intracellular uptake, mericitabine is phosphorylated into two active triphosphate metabolites, which disable HCV RNA-dependent RNA polymerase (non-structural protein 5B; NS5B) upon binding.
(Mericitabine, NCI Thesaurus)
When combined with radioiodine 123 (I-123), expressed NIS facilitates uptake of I-123 into MV-infected cells, thereby allowing for noninvasive imaging of viral gene expression.
(Oncolytic Measles Virus Encoding Thyroidal Sodium Iodide Symporter, NCI Thesaurus)
Compared to normal rodents, Mice lacking the Tif2 coactivator are resistant to obesity when fed a high-fat diet, with increased lipolysis in adipocytes and decreased fatty acid uptake in adipose tissue.
(Obesity and Thermogenesis Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
P-gp, encoded by the MDR-1 gene, is a member of the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) superfamily of transmembrane transporters; it prevents the intestinal uptake and intracellular accumulation of various cytotoxic agents.
(Oraxol, NCI Thesaurus)
