What does "bioaccumulation" mean?

The process by which substances accumulate in the tissues of living organisms; used especially of toxic substances that accumulate by means of a food chain.

Bioaccumulation

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Noun

1
The process by which substances accumulate in the tissues of living organisms; used especially of toxic substances that accumulate by means of a food chain. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From bio- + accumulation.

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food chain

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