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BIOASSAY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("bioassay" 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 "bioassay"):
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)
Derivation:
bioassay (subject to a bio-assay)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they bioassay ... he / she / it bioassays
Past simple: bioassayed
Past participle: bioassayed
-ing form: bioassaying
Sense 1
Meaning:
Subject to a bio-assay
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "bioassay" is one way to...):
assay (analyze (chemical substances))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
bioassay (appraisal of the biological activity of a substance by testing its effect on an organism and comparing the result with some agreed standard)
