Medical Dictionary

contamination

noun con·tam·i·na·tion \kən-ˌtam-ə-ˈnā-shən\

Medical Definition of CONTAMINATION

1
:  a process of contaminating :  a state of being contaminated
2
:  something that contaminates

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