See Also: Contamination(medicine)
contamination(dictionary)
cross contamination(medicine)
direct contamination(medicine)
equipment contamination(medicine)
food contamination(medicine)
radioactive contamination(medicine)
specimen contamination(medicine)

contamination (iou)



contamination noun. LME.
[Latin contaminatio(n-), formed as CONTAMINATE: see -ATION.]
The action of making impure or polluting; defilement, infection. LME.
b. spec. The introduction or presence of radioactivity where it is harmful or undesirable. E20.
Something which contaminates; an impurity. E19.
a. The blending of two or more stories, plots, etc., into one. L19.
b. Linguistics. The blending of forms of similar meaning or use in order to produce a form of a new type. L19.
c. Textual Criticism. A blending of manuscripts resulting in readings from different traditions occurring in the same (group of) manuscript(s). E20.