contaminant
IPA: kʌntˈæmʌnʌnt
noun
- That which contaminates; an impurity; foreign matter.
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Examples of "contaminant" in Sentences
- The contaminant is a fungal toxin introduced during production, harvest storage or processing
- It is also unclear whether the contaminant is the cause of patients 'allergic reactions to Baxter's heparin.
- Chinese officials have disputed the FDA's finding that the contaminant was a substance called oversulfated chondroitin sulfate.
- The study “still begs the question how much contaminant is left in the paint pit, and I don’t think anyone in the world knows that,” Strange said.
- These contaminants are mostly generated at lower latitudes and transported by various natural mechanisms (termed contaminant pathways) to the Arctic.
- To that I would had the SO4 contaminant from the West Virginia powerplants that has obscured the view from the Skyline Drive, and impacts the tourist bidness.
- Thomas Cech and his group initially attributed the activity of their Tetrahymena RNA to a protein contaminant, and they only slowly succumbed to the weight of the accumulated data that argued for the RNA.
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