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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

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

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

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

If the influx of energy were continuous, and no means were existent for a corresponding efflux, the rotatory velocity of the system would steadily increase.

From The Energy System of Matter A Deduction from Terrestrial Energy Phenomena by James Weir




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