foreign substance
Example Sentences
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Because EVs can be produced with materials largely found in a patient's own cells, the body is less likely to treat the particles as a foreign substance.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2023
A common cause of death for people with late-stage Alzheimer’s is aspiration pneumonia, an infection in the lungs triggered by food or other foreign substance that goes down the windpipe instead of the esophagus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2023
Scherzer was suspended for 10 games by Major League Baseball last week following his ejection for having a foreign substance on his hand while pitching in a game at Dodger Stadium.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 25, 2023
He claimed the stickiness was caused by rosin and sweat and not by a foreign substance.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 20, 2023
But the second step,—the making use of a foreign substance or object in the way described,—that is what staggers one.
From Ways of Nature by John Burroughs
