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bioassay

noun

Etymology

From bio- + assay.

  1. derived from essai
  2. derived from assaier
  3. derived from assai
  4. inherited from assay
  5. prefixed as bioassay — “bio + assay”

Definitions

  1. The analysis of the biological activity of a substance, with reference to a standard…

    The analysis of the biological activity of a substance, with reference to a standard preparation, using a culture of living cells, or a living creature.

  2. To carry out such an analysis.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bioassay. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA