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assay medical definition
noun
- Qualitative or quantitative analysis of a substance, especially of an ore or a drug, to determine its components.
- A substance to be so analyzed.
- The result of such an analysis.
- An analysis or examination.
- To subject a substance to chemical analysis.
- To examine a person's capability by trial or experiment; put to a test.
- To evaluate a situation; assess.
- To attempt; try.
- To be shown by analysis to contain a certain proportion of atoms, molecules, compounds, or precious metal.
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