Absorption

"Absorption" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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The physical or physiological processes by which substances, tissue, cells, etc. take up or take in other substances or energy.

Descriptor ID	D000042
MeSH Number(s)	G02.149.023 G02.149.767.019 G02.842.750.019 G03.495.023
Concept/Terms	Absorption Absorption Absorptions

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Absorption".

Biological Sciences [G]
Chemical Phenomena [G02]
Chemical Processes [G02.149]
Absorption [G02.149.023]
Physicochemical Processes [G02.149.767]
Absorption [G02.149.767.019]
Physicochemical Phenomena [G02.842]
Physicochemical Processes [G02.842.750]
Absorption [G02.842.750.019]
Metabolic Phenomena [G03]
Metabolism [G03.495]
Absorption [G03.495.023]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Absorption".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Absorption".

publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Absorption" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Absorption" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 18 publications over 12 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2011

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