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NALT Core

Preferred term

decontamination

Type

Topic

Definition

The removal of contaminants or contaminating material from a product, a person, an object or an environment.
Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

processing technology

Narrower concepts

detoxification (processing)

Synonyms

decontaminants

In other languages

descontaminación

Spanish

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/28731

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