biological value

noun

the nutritional effectiveness of the protein in a given food, expressed as the percentage used by the body of either the total protein consumed or the digestible protein available.

First recorded in 1920–25

I shall return to this subject later, when treating of the biological value of special markings.

It would be rash to conclude from the experience with lizards that ring-spots were of no biological value.

I will now briefly summarise the results of the investigation of the biological value of the Deilephila ring-spots.

We know something concerning the motor memory of rodents and horses, and its biological value.

Are the Sphinx-markings purely morphological, or have they a biological value?

April 19, 2024tortuous

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