oral availability

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Definition of oral availability in English English dictionary

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.

Hyphenation

o·ral a·vail·a·bi·li·ty

Turkish pronunciation

ôrıl ıveylıbîlıti

Pronunciation

/ˈôrəl əˌvāləˈbələtē/ /ˈɔːrəl əˌveɪləˈbɪlətiː/

Etymology

() From oral + availability.