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efflux

[ef-luhks] / ˈɛf lʌks /
NOUN
outflow
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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

To infiltrate E. coli, the phage uses an efflux pump, a protein E. coli normally uses to pump antibiotics out of the cell.

From Scientific American Oct. 13, 2023

Cells maintain the influx and efflux of organic substances using energy.

From Textbooks Jun. 9, 2022

Torricelli assumed that the liquid which flows out of the basal orifice of a vessel cannot by its velocity of efflux ascend to a greater height than its level in the vessel.

From Popular scientific lectures by Ernst Mach




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