bioaccumulation
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Etymology edit
bio- + accumulation
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Noun edit
bioaccumulation (countable and uncountable, plural bioaccumulations)
- (biology) The process by which substances accumulate in the tissues of living organisms; used especially of toxic substances that accumulate via a food chain.
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the process by which substances accumulate in the tissues of living organisms
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Further reading edit
- bioaccumulation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia