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uptake Definition

up·take (uptāk′)

noun

  1. the act of taking up; a drawing up, absorbing, etc.
    1. a pipe carrying smoke and gases from a furnace to its chimney
    2. a ventilating shaft or pipe

uptake Idioms

quick (or slow) on the uptake

Informal quick (or slow) to understand or comprehend

uptake Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • immunization: Most recently he has done research on reasons for the low uptake of childhood immunisations among rural communities in Transkei, South Africa.
  • nongroup: The public dental of the safety uptake of nongroup.
  • glucose: The margin of the persisting mass showed increased uptake of glucose.
  • screening: East Cheshire is already among the best areas in the country for the uptake of breast screening.

Converse of object

  • inhibit: However, despite strong interest in their usage, a lack of fundamental test data and verified structural design guidance is inhibiting uptake.
  • accelerate: STARTS main objectives are to accelerate the uptake of best software engineering practice and methods.
  • stimulate: They reduce hepatic and intestinal glucose output, and stimulate glucose uptake by muscle.

Adjective modifier

  • maximal: Professor Peter Raven of Fort Worth had noted that COHb diminishes maximal oxygen uptake linearly.
  • nutrient: Maintaining a pH level of 5.5 to 6.5 contributes to optimal nutrient uptake.
  • neuronal: Therefore, the transport protein responsible for neuronal uptake of NE has been extensively investigated in the past decade.
  • cellular: It promotes cellular uptake of glucose and amino acids and inhibits protein degradation ( 11 ).
  • rapid: Use water soluble forms of magnesium where rapid plant uptake is required.
  • intestinal: Intestinal uptake of zinc is impaired by oestrogens ( found in beer!

Modifies a noun

  • kinetics: The effect of exercise intensity on oxygen uptake kinetics in healthy young women.

Noun used with modifier

  • oxygen: The effect of exercise intensity on oxygen uptake kinetics in healthy young women.
  • glucose: The hormone insulin, secreted by the pancreas gland within the abdomen, controls this action of cell glucose uptake.
  • immunization: It might stimulate research in how to make immunization uptake higher.
  • serotonin: In the 1990s research for new antidepressant medications focussed on serotonin uptake inhibitors to rival Prozac's phenomenal success.
  • iodine: We want to improve iodine uptake from soils into crops and then into human food.
  • creatine: Creatine supplementation: A comparison of loading and maintenance protocols on creatine uptake by human skeletal muscle.

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