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Definition of Bioassay
1. Noun. Appraisal of the biological activity of a substance by testing its effect on an organism and comparing the result with some agreed standard.
Generic synonyms: Assay
Specialized synonyms: Immunoassay, Immunochemical Assay, Pregnancy Test
2. Verb. Subject to a bio-assay.
Definition of Bioassay
1. Noun. the analysis of the biological activity of a substance, with reference to a standard preparation, using a culture of living cells, or a living creature ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bioassay
1. to test a substance (as a drug) [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Bioassay
1. An assay for the activity or potency of a substance that involves testing its activity on living material. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bioassay
Literary usage of Bioassay
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Analysis of Censored Data: Proceedings of the Workshop on Analysis of by Hira L. Koul, J. V. Deshpande (1995)
"Abstract We extend the well known bioassay formulation to allow two competing
risks at each dose level / stress level. The non-parametric Bayesian analysis ..."
2. Microbial and Phenotypic Definition of Rats and Mice: Proceedings of the by National Research Council Staff, Commission on Life Sciences, ebrary, Inc, International Committee (1999)
"... Pharmacology and Toxicology ORM, CDER/FDA Rockville, Maryland NECESSITY FOR
GLOBALLY STANDARDIZED OUTBRED RATS FOR CARCINOGENICITY bioassay • Why is the ..."
3. Higher Order Asymptotics by Jayanta K. Ghosh (1994)
"... bioassay example) revisited. Suppose, for simplicity, /3 is known and the
parameter of interest if a. ..."
4. Eighth Annual Report on Carcinogens: 1998 Summary edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"Carcinogenesis, Technical Report Series No. 111. bioassay of l ... bioassay of
p-Cresidine for Possible Carcinogenicity (CAS No. 120-71-8). ..."
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