DECONTAMINATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does decontamination mean? 

• DECONTAMINATION (noun)
  The noun DECONTAMINATION has 1 sense:

1. the removal of contaminants

  Familiarity information: DECONTAMINATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DECONTAMINATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The removal of contaminants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("decontamination" is a kind of...):

remotion; removal (the act of removing)

Antonym:

contamination (the act of contaminating or polluting; including (either intentionally or accidentally) unwanted substances or factors)

Derivation:

decontaminate (rid of contamination)

 Context examples 

The Biosafety Service Shared Resource provides technical guidance and training in biological safety issues for members of Cancer Center including biological agents handling, registration of recombinant DNA and infectious agents, handling of human materials and potentially infectious materials, decontamination and disposal of biological waste, use of biosafety equipment, clean-up of biological spills.

(Biosafety Service Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)