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“Contamination of a starting material, intermediate product or finished product by
Cross-contamination (Wikipedia)
For substances secretly mixed to another, see Adulterant.
For other uses, see Contamination (disambiguation).
Contamination is the presence of a constituent, impurity, or some other undesirable element that renders something unsuitable, unfit or harmful for the physical body, natural environment, workplace, etc.
Cross-contamination (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
From cross- + contamination.
Noun
cross-contamination (countable and uncountable, plural cross-contaminations)
- The transfer of a contaminant from one source to another.
Related terms
- cross-contaminate
transfer, crossover, spread, mixing, exchange