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impure mixed with or contaminated by other things, esp. of inferior quality; adulterated or polluted. [1/3 definitions]
itai-itai disease a painful degenerative bone disease contracted by ingesting water or food that has been polluted by industrial cadmium waste.
pollution the condition or quality of being polluted. [1/3 definitions]
reverse osmosis a method of filtering pure water molecules out of salt water or polluted water by forcing the water through a semipermeable membrane.
saprobic of or relating to organisms that are able to live in highly polluted water. [1/2 definitions]
smog a haze caused by the effect of sunlight on foggy air that has been polluted by vehicle exhaust gases and industrial smoke.
unpolluted combined form of polluted.