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bio-accumulation
Progressive increase in the amount of a substance in an organism or part of an organism which occurs because the rate of intake exceeds the organism's ability to remove the substance from the body.
Note: Bio-accumulation often correlates with lipophilicity.
- Partie du discours : noun
- Secteur d’activité/Domaine : Biologie; Chimie
- Catégorie : Toxicologie
- Company: National Library of Medicine
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- Walter Lane
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