bioaccumulation
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *ḱuh₁mósder.? Latin cumulus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin cumulō Latin accumulō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin accumulātiōder. Middle French accumulationbor. ▲ Latin accumulātiōbor. Middle English acumulacyon English accumulation English bioaccumulation From bio- + accumulation.
- derived from accumulātiōbor
- derived from accumulationbor
- derived from *gʷeyh₃-der✻
Definitions
The process by which substances accumulate in the tissues of living organisms
The process by which substances accumulate in the tissues of living organisms; used especially of toxic substances that accumulate by means of a food chain.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for bioaccumulation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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