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bioavailable

American  
[bahy-oh-uh-vay-luh-buhl] / ˌbaɪ oʊ əˈveɪ lə bəl /

adjective

  1. able to be absorbed and used by a specific organ, tissue, or organism.


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Possible commercial applications include breeding pea shoots with 10 times more iron, or supplements with a natural, more bioavailable form of iron without some of the side effects associated with chemically derived iron supplements.

From Science Daily Nov. 15, 2023

They worked out how much of each contaminant would become bioavailable and calculated a toxicity threshold for the sediment.

From Scientific American Mar. 17, 2023

"Orally bioavailable and with a long history of safe human use, these cannabinoids, isolated or in hemp extracts, have the potential to prevent as well as treat infection by SARS-CoV-2."

From Salon Feb. 2, 2022

Most wellness words are soft, even misty: spirulina, bioavailable, Gwyneth.

From The Guardian Apr. 22, 2019

Animals obtain bioavailable nitrogen by eating plants, and this is the source of most of the nitrogen used by life.

From Textbooks Jan. 1, 2017

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