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noun appraisal of the biological activity of a substance by testing its effect on an organism and comparing the result with some agreed standard
verb subject to a bio-assay
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βῐ́ος (bĭ́os) Ancient Greek βῐο- (bĭo-)der. English bio- English assay English bioassay From bio- + assay.
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