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
The companies had accused Moderna of using their patented lipid nanoparticle technology—the delivery system featured in Moderna’s Spikevax Covid-19 vaccine—without permission.
From Barron's • May 1, 2026
Each emergent media platform is a delivery system for fresh makeover narratives.
From Salon • Jan. 17, 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
What items should be available, optimally, in an ideal health-care delivery system?
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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