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bioaccumulation

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Etymology

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From bio-accumulation.

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  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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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.
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