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Investigative Techniques > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Metabolic Clearance Rate
Diagnosis > Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures > Clinical Laboratory Techniques > Metabolic Clearance Rate
Metabolism > Pharmacokinetics > Metabolic Clearance Rate
Physiological Phenomena > Pharmacological and Toxicological Phenomena > Pharmacokinetics > Metabolic Clearance Rate

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Metabolic Clearance Rate  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Total Body Clearance Rate

Note

  • NIM with specific drug /pharmacokin (IM); not for metabolic rate: read restricted MeSH definition

Scope note

  • Volume of biological fluid completely cleared of drug metabolites as measured in unit time. Elimination occurs as a result of metabolic processes in the kidney, liver, saliva, sweat, intestine, heart, brain, or other site.

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  • 68

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D008657

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