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10 Language-to-English DictionariesReontamination
Native Script:Rekontamination
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /ʁeːkɔntaminaˈt͡si̯oːn/
"Die Verpackung schützt das Produkt vor einer Rekontamination."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The act or process of contaminating something again, or the state of having been contaminated after being cleaned, purified, or sterilized.
"Strict hygiene protocols are necessary to prevent the recontamination of sterilized medical equipment." - 2
The introduction of pollutants, toxins, or pathogens back into an ecosystem, food supply, or water source that had previously been cleared.
"Floodwaters caused the recontamination of the local water reservoir with harmful bacteria."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the English prefix re- (meaning 'again' or 'anew') combined with contamination, which traces back to the Latin contaminatio, from contaminare ('to defile, pollute, or taint'). First appearing in scientific and medical literature in the mid-19th century, the term evolved to describe the renewed introduction of impurities, pathogens, or hazardous agents into a previously sanitized environment.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Recontamination" is said worldwide
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recontamination
Transliteration: /ʁə.kɔ̃.ta.mi.na.sjɔ̃/
"Il faut éviter la recontamination des aliments après la cuisson."
Reontamination
Transliteration: /ʁeːkɔntaminaˈt͡si̯oːn/
Script: Rekontamination
"Die Verpackung schützt das Produkt vor einer Rekontamination."
ricontaminazione
Transliteration: /ri.kon.ta.mi.natˈt͡sjo.ne/
"Il laboratorio ha adottato misure per prevenire la ricontaminazione dei campioni."
recontaminación
Transliteration: /re.kon.ta.mi.naˈsjon/
"Se debe sellar el envase para evitar la recontaminación del agua."
recontaminação
Transliteration: /ʁe.kõ.ta.mi.naˈsɐ̃w̃/
"O processo de limpeza previne a recontaminação das superfícies."
पुनःसंदूषण
Transliteration: punah-sandushan
"जल शोधन के बाद पुनःसंदूषण से बचना महत्वपूर्ण है।"
再污染
Transliteration: zài wūrǎn
"必须采取措施防止样品的再污染。"
재오염
Transliteration: jae-oyeom
"멸균된 기구의 재오염을 막기 위해 철저한 관리가 필요합니다."
再汚染
Transliteration: sai-osen
"滅菌処理後の器具の再汚染を防ぐことが重要です。"
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