adulterant

[ uh-duhl-ter-uhnt ]
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noun
  1. a substance that adulterates.

adjective

Origin of adulterant

1
1745–55; <Latin adulterant- (stem of adulterāns, present participle of adulterāre), equivalent to ad-ad- + -ulter (see adulterate) + -ant--ant

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adulterant

/ (əˈdʌltərənt) /


noun
  1. a substance or ingredient that adulterates

adjective
  1. adulterating

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