xenocontamination

noun

Contamination by a different species.

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Meanings

nounxenocontamination (uncountable)
  1. uncountableContamination by a different species.

    Second, the possibility of xenocontamination during transplantation by mouse feeder layer, fetal bovine serum, or recombinant growth factors could therefore be avoided.

    2015 December 17, “Y-27632, a ROCK Inhibitor, Promoted Limbal Epithelial Cell Proliferation and Corneal Wound Healing”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From xeno- + contamination.

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xenocontamination. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/xenocontamination

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