uptake
How cells absorb
Uptake is the act of taking something in or absorbing it.
In biology, cells have uptake of nutrients; lungs have oxygen uptake.
The word appears most often in the idiom quick on the uptake (or slow on the uptake), meaning fast or slow to understand: She's quick on the uptake—I only had to explain it once.
Consuming into the body
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- consumptionUsing up of resources
- retentionContinued holding or possession
- metabolismCellular nutrient conversion
bioavailability · permeability · diffusion · transport · cellular · receptor · membrane · saturation
Hold closely in arms
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- implementationPutting plans into effect
- integrationCombining into a whole
- adoptionLegal family formation
incorporation · endorsement · participation · engagement · utilization · rollout · deployment · conversion
Mental comprehension of something
- graspSeize or understand
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
recognition · realization · cognizance · discernment · insight · quick · slow · mental
ingestion
Consuming into the body
- assimilationAbsorbing into a whole
- consumptionUsing up of resources
- retentionContinued holding or possession
metabolism · bioavailability · permeability · diffusion · transport · cellular · receptor · membrane · saturation · nutrient
embrace
Hold closely in arms
- acceptanceConsent to receive
- implementationPutting plans into effect
- integrationCombining into a whole
adoption · incorporation · endorsement · participation · engagement · utilization · rollout · deployment · conversion · subscription
understanding
Mental comprehension of something
- graspSeize or understand
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
awareness · recognition · realization · cognizance · discernment · insight · quick · slow · mental · learning
- absorptionabsorb, absorption, sorption, adsorption, water absorption
- blast furnaceshearth, bosh, shaft, stack, throat
- Neurophysiologyneuron, action potential, neurotransmitter, nerve impulse, presynaptic
- pharmacologypharmacology, drugs, pharmacokinetics, dose, drug
- phosphorus cyclephosphate, mineralization, weathering, sedimentation, decomposition
- neuroscienceneuron, MRI, brain, neurons, synapses
uptakeslow on the uptake
Comprehending things belatedly
incomprehension · misunderstanding · misapprehension · misreading · confusion
- slow on the uptakeComprehending things belatedly
- on the uptakeSpeed of understanding
- quick on the uptakeFast to understand