xenocontamination

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English

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Etymology

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From xeno- +‎ contamination.

Noun

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xenocontamination (uncountable)

  1. Contamination by a different species.
    • 2015 December 17, “Y-27632, a ROCK Inhibitor, Promoted Limbal Epithelial Cell Proliferation and Corneal Wound Healing”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Second, the possibility of xenocontamination during transplantation by mouse feeder layer, fetal bovine serum, or recombinant growth factors could therefore be avoided.