Bioaccumulate vs Bioaccumulatory - What's the difference?

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Bioaccumulatory is a related term of bioaccumulate.

As a verb bioaccumulate

is to accumulate in a biological system over time.

As an adjective bioaccumulatory is

of a biological system, having the capacity to accumulate chemical elements and compounds.

bioaccumulate

English

Verb

(bioaccumulat)

(often, of a toxin) To accumulate in a biological system over time.

Derived terms

*bioaccumulation *bioaccumulative *bioaccumulativity

bioaccumulatory

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Of a biological system, having the capacity to accumulate chemical elements and compounds.

:* 1997 , D. A. John Wase, Christopher F. Forster, Biosorbents for metal ions :* The above processes can be classified in the bioaccumulatory process category, ...