a. rare–1. [ad. L. contāminābil-is, f. contāminā-re: see CONTAMINATE and -BLE. So in mod.F. (Littré).] Capable of being contaminated.
1847. in Craig.
1859. P. Diday, Treat on Syphilis, 159. Without altogether exculpating the nurse, these first inquiries, even before the direct examination of her contaminable parts, generally suffice, according to the ordinary view, to divert a large share of the responsibility from her.
