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A method of measuring the effects of a biologically active substance using an intermediate in vivo or in vitro tissue or cell model under controlled conditions. It includes virulence studies in animal fetuses in utero, mouse convulsion bioassay of insulin, quantitation of tumor-initiator systems in mouse skin, calculation of potentiating effects of a hormonal factor in an isolated strip of contracting stomach muscle, etc.
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- Assay, Biological
- Assays, Biological
- Bioassay
- Biologic Assay
- Biologic Assays
- Assay, Biologic
- Assays, Biologic
- Bioassays
- Biological Assays
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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, mortality, nursing, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.
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assays using living-matter intermediate; check text: not all "bioassays" are MeSH term BIOLOGICAL ASSAY
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- National Library of Medicine. Biological Assay. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001681. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001681
- Biological Assay. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioassay
- Biological Assay. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q864212