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adulterant

[ uh-duhl-ter-uhnt ]

noun

  1. a substance that adulterates.


adjective

adulterant

/ əˈʌəəԳ /

noun

  1. a substance or ingredient that adulterates
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. adulterating
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of adulterant1

1745–55; < Latin adulterant- (stem of ܱٱԲ, present participle of ܱٱ ), equivalent to ad- ad- + -ulter ( adulterate ) + -ant- -ant
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Unlike other adulterants added to fentanyl for their psychoactive effects, “it’s not like it’s something that you go out and you use a bunch of to get high,” Krotulski said.

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"This final determination marks the first time that Salmonella is being declared an adulterant in a class of raw poultry products. "

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“At milk processing plants, every incoming tanker load of milk is checked for adulterants, including antibiotics, and quality and safety standards,” Russo notes.

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Just as we warn people about tainted lettuce or contaminated eye drops, we need to warn them about dangerous adulterants or new drugs in an illicit drug supply already killing hundreds of Americans every day.

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If there was about one part of lead to chromium, it was a dead giveaway that the adulterant was being used.

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