biological assay

Preferred Label : biological assay;

MeSH definition : 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.;

MeSH synonym : assays, biological; biologic assay; bioassay; biologic assays; bioassays; assay, biological; biological assays; assay, biologic; assays, biologic;

MeSH annotation : assays using living-matter intermediate; check text: not all bioassays are MeSH term BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; Manual 22.27; DF: BIOL ASSAY; assays using living-matter intermediate; check text: not all bioassays are MeSH term BIOLOGICAL ASSAY;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioassay;

Details

Origin ID

D001681;

UMLS CUI

C0005507;

Allowable qualifiers
- adverse effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- contraindications [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Bioassay [LOINC method]
- Bioassay [NCIt concept]
- Bioassay (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Biological Assay [DeCS]
- Biological Testing [NCIt concept]
- bioassay [IUPAC Term]
- bioassay, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Record concept(s)
- biological assay [MeSH concept]
See also
- Water Analysis [DeCS]
- Water Samples [DeCS]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- biology [MeSH Descriptor]
See also inter- (CISMeF)
- Bioassay Class [NCIt concept]
- Bioassay Measurement [NCIt concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Laboratory Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Bioassay [LOINC method]
- Bioassay [NCIt concept]
- Bioassay (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- bioassay, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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