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   adulteration

   /əˌdʌltəˈreɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of making something poorer in quality by the addition of another substance: "we're working on a new diagnostic test to more rapidly monitor food adulteration"

   Word Origin early 16th century: from Latin adulterat- ‘corrupted’, from the verb adulterare + -ion.

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