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biomagnification

noun

Etymology

From bio- + magnification.

  1. derived from magnificō
  2. derived from magnifier
  3. inherited from magnifien
  4. suffixed as magnification — “magnify + ification”
  5. prefixed as biomagnification — “bio + magnification”

Definitions

  1. The process, in an ecosystem, in which a higher concentration of a substance in an…

    The process, in an ecosystem, in which a higher concentration of a substance in an organism is obtained higher up the food chain.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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