Complete Definition of "biochemical oxygen demand"

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biochemical oxygen demand (abbreviated as BOD)

  1. the amount of oxygen needed by aerobic microorganisms to decompose all the organic matter in a sample of water; it is used as a measure of pollution

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biological oxygen demand

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