foreign substance

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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

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

Mets’ Max Scherzer was ejected while pitching against the Dodgers for having a foreign substance on his glove and a potential substance on his hand.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2023

“Players who are found to have used a foreign substance following a prior suspension for violating the rule will be subject to more severe, progressive discipline for each subsequent violation,” Hill said.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 16, 2023

Later, however, a foreign substance made its appearance in the wound, and was removed by the mother of the patient with a pair of embroidery scissors; it proved to be a copper cent.

From Telepathy and the Subliminal Self by Mason, R. Osgood