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The earlier segment of a biphasic plot of log C against t (following intravenous injection of a drug) represents the "distributive phase" of a drug's sojourn in the body. a is used as a subscript for pharmacokinetic parameters appropriate to the distributive phase, e.g., t1/2a, Vda, etc.

Cf. b, Compartments, Volume of Distribution, Half-Life

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