biomark

Back-formation from biomarker.

biomark (third-person singular simple present biomarks, present participle biomarking, simple past and past participle biomarked)

1. (transitive) To function as a biomarker, indicating a biological state or disease condition.
   • 2004, OECD Guidelines for the Testing of Chemicals / OECD Series on Testing and Assessment Detailed Review Paper on Amphibian Metamorphosis Assay for the Detection of Thyroid Active Substances, page 16:

     Finally, molecular techniques designed to biomark thyroid function or dysfunction, including transgenic whole animal lines, transfected amphibian cell culture lines, receptor binding and carrier protein assays, and gene expression assays (differential display, RNase Protection Assay [RPA], reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction [RTPCR], and gene array technologies) were reviewed.

• biomarking