BIOASSAY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bioassay mean? 

• BIOASSAY (noun)
  The noun BIOASSAY has 1 sense:

1. appraisal of the biological activity of a substance by testing its effect on an organism and comparing the result with some agreed standard

  Familiarity information: BIOASSAY used as a noun is very rare.

• BIOASSAY (verb)
  The verb BIOASSAY has 1 sense:

1. subject to a bio-assay

  Familiarity information: BIOASSAY used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BIOASSAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Appraisal of the biological activity of a substance by testing its effect on an organism and comparing the result with some agreed standard

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

bio-assay; bioassay

Hypernyms ("bioassay" is a kind of...):

assay (a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test for the presence or concentration of infectious agents or antibodies etc.)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bioassay"):

immunoassay; immunochemical assay (identification of a substance (especially a protein) by its action as an antigen)

pregnancy test (a physiological test to determine whether a woman is pregnant)

Derivation:

bioassay (subject to a bio-assay)

• BIOASSAY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they bioassay    ... he / she / it bioassays   
Past simple: bioassayed   
Past participle: bioassayed   
-ing form: bioassaying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Subject to a bio-assay

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "bioassay" is one way to...):

assay (analyze (chemical substances))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

bioassay (appraisal of the biological activity of a substance by testing its effect on an organism and comparing the result with some agreed standard)

 Context examples 

A bioassay in which fluorescent-coupled antibodies or antigens are used to quantify or qualify a biological response to a stimulus.

(Fluorescent Antibody Procedure, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Qualitative bioassays are used for assessing the physical effects of a substance that may not be quantified, such as abnormal development or deformity.

(Device Bioassay Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)

A bioassay used in the detection of interleukin-2 (IL-2) or interleukin-4 (IL-4) in the supernatants of in vitro-stimulated cells.

(CTLL-2 Assay, NCI Thesaurus)

Carcinogenicity bioassays with anthracene generally gave negative results.

(Anthracene, NCI Thesaurus)

Bioassays may be qualitative or quantitative.

(Device Bioassay Evaluation Method, Food and Drug Administration)