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BIO-ASSAY
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Appraisal of the biological activity of a substance by testing its effect on an organism and comparing the result with some agreed standard
Synonyms:
bio-assay; bioassay
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("bio-assay" is a kind of...):
assay (a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bio-assay"):
immunoassay; immunochemical assay (identification of a substance (especially a protein) by its action as an antigen)
pregnancy test (a physiological test to determine whether a woman is pregnant)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (first person singular and plural, second person singular and plural, third person plural) of the verb bio-assay
