bioaccumulation

English

Etymology

bio- +‎ accumulation

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

bioaccumulation (countable and uncountable, plural bioaccumulations)

1. (biology) The process by which substances accumulate in the tissues of living organisms; used especially of toxic substances that accumulate via a food chain.

Related terms

• bioaccumulative

Translations

the process by which substances accumulate in the tissues of living organisms

• Danish: bioakkumulation c
• Dutch: bioaccumulatie f
• French: bioaccumulation (fr) f
• German: Bioakkumulation f
• Irish: bithbhailiú m
• Italian: bioaccumulo (it) m
• Japanese: 生物濃縮 (ja) (seibutsunōshuku)
• Polish: bioakumulacja f
• Portuguese: bioacumulação (pt) f
• Russian: биоаккумуля́ция f (bioakkumuljácija)
• Spanish: bioacumulación f
• Swedish: bioackumulation c

See also

• biomagnification

Further reading

• bioaccumulation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia