bioaccumulation

bioaccumulation

English

Etymology

bio- +‎ accumulation

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

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