noun
definition
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.
Examples of bioassays in a Sentence
Other bioassays have used the effects of ethene on root hair formation or leaf abscission.
The Committee made the following comments on each of the long-term bioassays.
The different types of models developed to derive risk estimates from animal bioassays were considered to vary greatly in their predictions.
At present there are no short-term tests that can be used to identify such compounds and long term bioassays in animals are necessary.
Members agreed that technical grade malathion had been tested in four long-term dietary bioassays in rats and two long-term dietary bioassays in mice.
Long term animal carcinogenicity bioassays are currently in progress.