denaturation
Meanings
noun
- The deliberate addition of a noxious substance to alcohol to make it unfit to drink
- The change of folding structure of a protein (and thus of physical properties) caused by heating, changes in pH, or exposure to certain chemicals.
Pronunciation
Word forms
Etymology
From denature + -ation.
Derived words
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.