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cross-contaminated

cross-contaminated is the simple past and past participle of cross-contaminate.

Meaning of cross-contaminate

Verb

cross-contaminate (third-person singular simple present cross-contaminates, present participle cross-contaminating, simple past and past participle cross-contaminated)

  1. (transitive) To transfer a contaminant from one source to another.

Questions about cross-contaminated

What is cross-contaminated the simple past and past participle of?
Cross-contaminated is the simple past and past participle of cross-contaminate.

Words near cross-contaminated in the dictionary

  1. cross-complaints
  2. cross-conjugation
  3. cross-contact
  4. cross-contaminant
  5. cross-contaminate
  6. cross-contaminated
  7. cross-contaminates
  8. cross-contaminating
  9. cross-contamination
  10. cross-contaminations
  11. cross-contaminator

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