delivery system
Americannoun
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any means or process for conveying a product or service to a recipient.
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any means or technology for administering a drug to a patient.
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the technology for conveying a nuclear weapon to a target.
Example Sentences
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As awareness increased in recent years, the demand for bioidentical estrogen and the transdermal patch as the preferred delivery system has gone up.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
Critics say targeting the delivery system is an imprecise solution that risks broader consequences.
From Salon • May 2, 2026
Shares of Insulet shed 18% on the heels of an escalating recall of its Omnipod 5 delivery system.
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
A new targeted drug delivery system called TAR-200 has shown remarkable results in a phase 2 clinical trial, eliminating tumors in 82% of patients with high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer that had resisted prior treatment.
From Science Daily • Nov. 11, 2025
There is no problem of access, the entire health-care delivery system is immediately at hand, and the cost of all items is surely less than that for nonmedical families.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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