sequester
- vt.
- 引き離す、隔離する、取っておく。(法律)没収する、(財産を)一次差し押さえる。(化)(沈殿防止剤を入れて)(金属イオンを)可溶化状態にとめておく、封鎖する
- It is highly lipoophilic, is extensively sequestered in tissues, and undergoes very slow hepatic metabolism.(amiodarone)(PHD.428)
- Normally, about one-third of circulating platelets are sequestered in the spleen, where they are in equilibrium with circulating platelets.
- n.
- Because HBcAg is intracellular and, when in the serum, sequestered within an HBsAg coat, naked core particles do not circulate in serum and, therefore, HBcAg is not detectable routinely in the serum of patients with HBV infection.(HIM.1933)