different between contamination vs bioburden

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?tæm??ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

contamination (countable and uncountable, plural contaminations)

1. The act or process of contaminating

   Synonyms: pollution, defilement, taint

2. Something which contaminates.
3. (linguistics) A process whereby words with related meanings come to have similar sounds.
4. (linguistics, etymology) The influence of one form (often from a foreign language) on the historical development of another form to which it may be related in meaning.
5. The process of making a material or surface unclean or unsuited for its intended purpose, usually by the addition or attachment of undesirable foreign substances.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin cont?min?ti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.ta.mi.na.sj??/

Noun

contamination f (plural contaminations)

1. contamination (act or process of contaminating)

Related terms

• contaminer

Further reading

• “contamination” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

bio- +? burden

Noun

bioburden (plural bioburdens)

1. A measure of an object's contamination with microorganisms.
   • 2001, Anne Booth, Sterilization Validation and Routine Operation Handbook: Radiation, CRC Press (?ISBN), page 50:

     This is appropriate for devices containing low numbers of naturally occurring bioburden. Caution must be used because artificial inoculation may not represent the natural relationship between the normal flora and the device surfaces and […]

Further reading

• bioburden on Wikipedia.Wikipedia