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

Domingo Germán pitched into the seventh inning to win his first start following a 10-game suspension for using a foreign substance on the mound.

From Washington Times • May 30, 2023

He claimed the stickiness was caused by rosin and sweat and not by a foreign substance.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 20, 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

The acid of milk is the sour whey contained in butter-milk, which, by a tedious chemical process, may be obtained pure from any foreign substance.

From Heads of Lectures on a Course of Experimental Philosophy: Particularly Including Chemistry by Priestley, Joseph