BIOASSAY


Meaning of BIOASSAY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌbī-(ˌ)ō-ˈa-ˌsā, -a-ˈsā ]

noun

Date: 1912

: determination of the relative strength of a substance (as a drug) by comparing its effect on a test organism with that of a standard preparation

• bio·as·say -a-ˈsā, -ˈa-ˌsā transitive verb

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