bioavailability

From bio- + availability.

bioavailability (countable and uncountable, plural bioavailabilities)

1. (biology, medicine) The extent to which a substance is molecularly available to cells and tissues in a living organism, which depends on factors such as solubility, pH level, and presence of enzymes and cofactors; for example, even if one's ingestion of vitamin B₁₂ is average/typical, one might nonetheless have B₁₂ deficiency if one has poor metabolism of this particular vitamin.
   1. (pharmacology, nutrition) The amount of drug or nutrient which reaches the site of physiological activity after administration.

      poor/low oral bioavailability

• bioavailable
• bio-unavailable
• geoavailability

• bioactivity