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
New York Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán was ejected from a May 16 game in Toronto this season for using a foreign substance on the mound and suspended 10 games by MLB the following day.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 13, 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
We were far enough, however, from guessing the nature of the foreign substance that was thus crushed beneath our disregarding boot-soles.
From The House by the Lock by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)
