ALL meanings of bioassay
bi·o·as·say
B b - noun bioassay a method of determining the concentration, activity, or effect of a change to substance by testing its effect on a living organism and comparing this with the activity of an agreed standard 3
- verb bioassay to subject to a bioassay 3
- noun bioassay a technique for determining the power of a drug or other substance by measuring its effects on a test specimen against those of a standard substance 3
- noun bioassay determination of the biological activity or potency of a substance, as a vitamin or hormone, by testing its effect on the growth of an organism. 1
- verb with object bioassay to subject to a bioassay. 1
- noun bioassay 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. 0