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cross-contamination

cross-contamination noun: the transfer of a contaminant from one source to another.

Noun

cross-contamination (countable and uncountable, plural cross-contaminations)

  1. The transfer of a contaminant from one source to another.

Forms of cross-contamination

pluralcross-contaminations

Origin of cross-contamination

From cross- + contamination.

Questions about cross-contamination

What does cross-contamination mean?
Cross-contamination means the transfer of a contaminant from one source to another.
What part of speech is cross-contamination?
Cross-contamination is a noun.
What is the plural of cross-contamination?
The plural of cross-contamination is cross-contaminations.

Words near cross-contamination in the dictionary

  1. cross-contaminant
  2. cross-contaminate
  3. cross-contaminated
  4. cross-contaminates
  5. cross-contaminating
  6. cross-contamination
  7. cross-contaminations
  8. cross-contaminator
  9. cross-contaminators
  10. cross-correlate
  11. cross-correlation

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