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biocontamination

biocontamination noun: contamination with biological material or agents.

Noun

biocontamination (uncountable)

  1. Contamination with biological material or agents.
    • Some volatiles have been considered as indicators of biocontamination in the food processing industry or the basis of taxonomic research [2 ].2015 July 6, “Biofumigation on Post-Harvest Diseases of Fruits Using a New Volatile-Producing Fungus of Ceratocystis fimbriata”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of biocontamination

From bio- + contamination.

Questions about biocontamination

What does biocontamination mean?
Biocontamination means contamination with biological material or agents.
What part of speech is biocontamination?
Biocontamination is a noun.

Words near biocontamination in the dictionary

  1. biocontainment
  2. biocontaminant
  3. biocontaminants
  4. biocontaminate
  5. biocontaminated
  6. biocontamination
  7. biocontrol
  8. biocontrolling
  9. biocontrols
  10. bioconvection
  11. bioconvective

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