chaotropism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The ability to disrupt hydrogen bonding, especially within or between biological molecules

Word forms

chaotropism

Etymology

From chaos + -tropism, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “vast chasm, void”). By surface analysis, chao- + -trope + -ism.

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