152. European Medicines Agency (EMA) Regulatory body responsible for the protection of public and animal health in the European Union through the scientific evaluation and supervision of use of medicines.
153. excretion The final elimination of a compound and its metabolites from the body’s systemic circulation via the kidney into urine, via bile into feces and via the lungs into the air.
154. extractability The extent to which an analyte can be recovered from a biological matrix by extraction techniques, commonly using a solvent.
155. extrapolation Estimation of the concentration of an unknown sample outside the established calibration range, on the basis of the observed relationship between the nominal concentration of the calibrators and the instrumental response, and under the assumption that this relationship will also be applicable outside the calibration range.
