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Preferred term

Bioaccumulation  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Bio Accumulation
  • Bio-accumulation
  • Bio-accumulations
  • Bio Concentration
  • Bio-concentration
  • Bioconcentration
  • Bio-concentrations
  • Bioconcentrations

Scope note

  • An increase in the concentration of an exogenous substance in the tissues of organisms higher than surrounding ENVIRONMENT. Accumulation of such XENOBIOTICS at successively higher levels up the FOOD CHAIN is called biomagnification. Bioaccumulation of toxic chemicals (e.g., Lead and DDT) may result in CHEMICALLY-INDUCED DISORDERS.

History note

  • 2020

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • ulkopuolisten aineiden kertyminen kudoksiin
  • Swedish

  • Bioackumulering
  • Bioamplifikation
  • Biokoncentration
  • Biokoncentrering
  • Biologisk magnifikation
  • Biomagnifikation

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000081482

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