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efflux

[ef-luhks] / ˈɛf lʌks /
NOUN
outflow
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Nedergaard proposed that this efflux relied on the pumping of fluid through tiny glymphatic vessels between neurons, which her team had identified in an earlier study.

From Science Magazine May 24, 2024

The N-ethylene linkage structure of the eAmSPCs plays a critical role in how the compounds avoid efflux, suggesting that longer linkages modify how the compound is pumped out of the cell.

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

But these latter personages are partly paid for watching the efflux of time, and no doubt they will do their duty.

From The Contemporary Review, Volume 36, November 1879 by Various




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