contaminant
[kuh n-tam-uh-nuh nt]
- something that contaminates.
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Origin of contaminant
1920–25; < Latin contāminant- (stem of contāmināns), present participle of contāmināre. See contaminate, -ant
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If you have a—a contaminant on board your ship, sir, it didn't come from the Lancet.
Contamination CrewAlan Edward Nourse