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Absorption barrier

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-000024

Any surface that may retard the rate of penetration of a biological, chemical, or physical agent into an organism. Examples include the skin and the linings of the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-000024
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectNatural Resources, Conservation, Environment
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoEnvironmental exposure; Exposure assessment; Absorbed dose; Blood-brain barrier; Absorption
TranslationsSpanish: barrera de absorción
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000024",
  "term": "Absorption barrier",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Any surface that may retard the rate of penetration of a biological, chemical, or physical agent into an organism. Examples include the skin and the linings of the respiratory and gastrointestinal tracts.",
  "subject": "Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment",
  "see_also": [
    "environmental exposure",
    "exposure assessment",
    "absorbed dose",
    "blood-brain barrier",
    "absorption"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "barrera de absorción"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/absorption-barrier/"
}

Record 24 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.