Associations to the word «Bioassay»

Wiktionary

BIOASSAY, 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

Dictionary definition

BIOASSAY, noun. Appraisal of the biological activity of a substance by testing its effect on an organism and comparing the result with some agreed standard.
BIOASSAY, verb. Subject to a bio-assay.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley