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Definition of Adulterant
1. Noun. Any substance that lessens the purity or effectiveness of a substance. "It is necessary to remove the adulterants before use"
2. Adjective. Making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials. "The adulterating effect of extraneous materials"
Similar to: Extraneous, Foreign
Derivative terms: Adulterate
Antonyms: Purifying
Definition of Adulterant
1. n. That which is used to adulterate anything.
Definition of Adulterant
1. Noun. That which adulterates; or reduces the purity of. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Adulterant
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Adulterant
1. An impurity; an additive that is considered to have an undesirable effect or to dilute the active material so as to reduce its therapeutic or monetary value. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adulterant
Literary usage of Adulterant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Societyby American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1902)
""Starch as an adulterant or Drier in Butter, and a Study of Glucose in Butters."
By GE Patrick and D. Stuart: 1i) The paper describes first a canned butter ..."
2. Notes on English Divines by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1853)
"... and adulterant generation (that) anted afia- m ag»; on which occasion, according
to Mark, ... adulterant ..."
3. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1887)
"A plant whose root is used as an adulterant of coffee.4 Scott, CJ, said: " The
principle of all the cases in this court on the subject is, ..."
4. Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture During the 2d Session of the by Committee on agriculture, United States, Congress, House (1910)
"... but if it should be sold as rye flour or an adulterant of rye flour, then it
should be placed under the ban of the law, and legislation should be at ..."
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