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Descriptor
English
:
Bioaccumulation
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Bioacumulación
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Bioacumulação
Synonyms
English
:
Bio Accumulation
Bio Amplification
Bio Amplifications
Bio Concentration
Bio Magnification
Bio-accumulation
Bio-accumulations
Bio-amplification
Bio-amplifications
Bio-concentration
Bio-concentrations
Bio-magnification
Bio-magnifications
Bioamplification
Bioamplifications
Bioconcentration
Bioconcentrations
Biological Accumulation
Biomagnification
Biomagnifications
Tree Number:
G03.015.500.187
G03.787.024.500.187
G07.690.725.015.500.187
SP4.102.098
Definition
English
:
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.
See Related
English
:
Biodegradation, Environmental
Chemically-Induced Disorders
Conservative Pollutants
History Note
English
:
2020
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
DE
drug effects
GE
genetics
IM
immunology
PH
physiology
RE
radiation effects
Record Number:
59276
Unique Identifier:
D000081482
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