Term	Definition
Bioavailability	The extent to which a nutrient or medication can be used by the body.
Electrophoretic mobility	The migration of charged colloidal particles or molecules through a solution under the influence of an applied electric field usually provided by immersed electrodes.
Erythropoiesis	The formation or production of red blood cells.
Megaloblastic anaemia	A type of anaemia characterised by enlarged red cells and a relative reduction in leukocytes and platelets.
Neoplastic foci	Microscopic visualisation of the tumour cells.
Polyglutamates	A polymer of glutamic acid residues in the usual peptide linkage.
Mean cell volume	It is a measure of the average volume of a red blood corpuscle (or red blood cell). The measure is attained by multiplying a volume of blood by the proportion of blood that is cellular (the haematocrit (or hematocrit)), and dividing that product by the number of erythrocytes (red blood cells) in that volume.
Femtolitres (fL)	The femtolitre (US femtoliter) is the metric unit of volume equal to 10 −15 litres, or one thousand trillionth (European) or one quadrillionth (American) litre. It is abbreviated fL or fl. One femtolitre is the same as one cubic micrometre (μm).