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The state or quality of being absorbable; capable of being absorbed.

1. The state of being accountable, liable, or answerable.
2. Responsibility to someone or for some activity.
3. In education: a policy of holding schools and teachers accountable for students' academic progress by linking such progress with funding for salaries, maintenance, etc.

The state or condition of being achievable.

The quality of being affable; readiness to converse or be addressed; especially, by inferiors or equals; courteousness, civility, openness of manner.

Relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand.

Vulnerability to forceful attack.

Being at hand when needed.

1. The physiological availability of a given amount of a drug, as distinct from its chemical potency; proportion of the administered dose which is absorbed into the bloodstream.
2. The degree to which a drug administered is distributed throughout the body and thus available for action at the desired receptor sites.
3. The extent to which a nutrient or medication can be used by the body.

Bioavailability is used to determine whether different brand-name drugs, a generic name as opposed to a brand-name drug, or, in some cases, different batches of the same brand name drug, will produce the same therapeutic effects.

1. Anything that is susceptible to the decomposing action of living organisms, especially of bacteria; which are occasionally broken down by biochemical processes in the body.
2. Denoting a substance that can be chemically degraded or decomposed by natural processes (for example: weather, soil bacteria, plants, animals) without harming the environment. Also, biodeterioration.
3. Describing organic compounds that are able to be decomposed by bacteria and other micro-organisms; such as, the constituents of sewage, as compared with non-biodegradable compounds; such as, most plastics.

The capacity to be used, treated, or developed for a particular purpose.

Capable of being known or recognized; the ability to have knowledge or understanding.

1. The ability to determine by calculation or reckoning.
2. That which can be computed or estimated by using a computer or calculator.

1. The ability to inspire belief or trust.
2. A willingness to accept something as true.
3. The quality of being credible; an instance or case of this.
3. Believable, plausible; capable of being believed.

Worthy of often limited commendation; such as, "The student's efforts with the test; although not outstanding, it had some creditability."

1. A state of guilt.
2. In explanations and predictions of human action and inaction culpability is a measure of the degree to which an agent; such as, a person, can be held morally or legally responsible.
3. Culpability marks the dividing line between moral evil, like murder, for which someone may be held responsible; and natural evil, like earthquakes, for which no one can be held responsible.
4. From a legal perspective, culpability describes the degree of one's blameworthiness in the commission of a crime or offense.

Except for strict liability crimes, the type and severity of punishment often follow the degree of culpability.