chaotropism
Meanings
noun
- The ability to disrupt hydrogen bonding, especially within or between biological molecules
Word forms
Etymology
From chaos + -tropism, from Ancient Greek χάος (kháos, “vast chasm, void”). By surface analysis, chao- + -trope + -ism.
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