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crosscontaminate

crosscontaminate is the alternative form 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.

Forms of crosscontaminate

third-person singular presentcrosscontaminates
present participlecrosscontaminating
past participlecrosscontaminated
pastcrosscontaminated

Questions about crosscontaminate

What is crosscontaminate the alternative form of?
Crosscontaminate is the alternative form of cross-contaminate.

Words near crosscontaminate in the dictionary

  1. crossclamp
  2. crossclamping
  3. crossclampings
  4. crossclamps
  5. crossclass
  6. crosscontaminate
  7. crosscontaminated
  8. crosscontaminates
  9. crosscontaminating
  10. crosscontamination
  11. crosscontaminations

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