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bioaccumulatory

bioaccumulatory adjective: of a biological system, having the capacity to accumulate chemical elements and compounds.

Adjective

bioaccumulatory (comparative more bioaccumulatory, superlative most bioaccumulatory)

  1. Of a biological system, having the capacity to accumulate chemical elements and compounds.
    • The above processes can be classified in the bioaccumulatory process category, ...1997, D. A. John Wase, Christopher F. Forster, Biosorbents for metal ions

Forms of bioaccumulatory

comparativemore bioaccumulatory
superlativemost bioaccumulatory

Origin of bioaccumulatory

From bio- + accumulatory.

Questions about bioaccumulatory

What does bioaccumulatory mean?
Bioaccumulatory means of a biological system, having the capacity to accumulate chemical elements and compounds.
What part of speech is bioaccumulatory?
Bioaccumulatory is an adjective.

Words near bioaccumulatory in the dictionary

  1. bioaccumulations
  2. bioaccumulative
  3. bioaccumulativity
  4. bioaccumulator
  5. bioaccumulators
  6. bioaccumulatory
  7. bioacoustic
  8. bioacoustical
  9. bioacoustically
  10. bioacoustician
  11. bioacousticians

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