efflux
Example Sentences
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But it will also rise if the hole at the bottom shrinks—if efflux slows.
From Science Magazine ● May 24, 2024
To address this, the scientists designed new versions of the drug spectinomycin that overcome efflux, the main mechanism driving resistance.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 5, 2024
Most prominently, this activated the bacteria’s efflux pump systems, a general expulsion system that many bacteria use to eliminate various molecules, including antibiotics.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 26, 2023
These efflux pumps can confer multi-drug resistance, a situation that is threatening human health.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Water, or any other fluid thrown into this organ, has a tendency to disorder the mucous follicles, to dry up their secretions and thus prevent the efflux of some of Nature's necessities.
From Plain Talks on Avoided Subjects by Henry Newell Guernsey
