Background and Education. Physician and educator Elizabeth Blackwell was born on February 3, 1821, in Bristol, England. Brought up in a liberal household that stressed education, Blackwell eventually broke into the field of medicine to become the first woman to graduate from medical school in the United States.
â¢ ASSAY (noun) The noun ASSAY has 4 senses: 1. an appraisal of the state of affairs. 2. a substance that is undergoing an analysis of its components. 3. a written report of the results of an analysis of the composition of some substance.
Assay: An assay is an analysis done to determine: 1  The presence of a substance and the amount of that substance. 2  The biological or pharmacological potency of a drug.ssay is also used as a verb and has several related meanings in this role: 1  To try or attempt. 2  For example, she assayed this operation for the first time and so was understandably nervous.. 3  To analyze a mixture for one or more of its components. 4  To judge the value, the worth of something.