adulterant

Noun

A substance used to reduce the purity of another substance by adding it in.

ریشه

From Latin 'adulterant-', the present participle of 'adulterare' meaning 'to corrupt'.

مثال

• The food industry has strict regulations to prevent the use of adulterants in products.
• The presence of an adulterant in the drug sample led to a false positive.
• The milk was found to contain several harmful adulterants.

ترکیب‌های رایج

Harmful adulterant Chemical adulterant Potential adulterant Detect adulterant