uptake : Idioms & Phrases


radioactive iodine uptake test

  • noun radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland
    RAIU.
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re-uptake

  • noun a process of using up or consuming again
    reuptake.
    • psychopharmacologists discovered that amine reuptake is a process that inactivates monoamine neurotransmitters
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