"chaotropic" meaning in English

See chaotropic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more chaotropic [comparative], most chaotropic [superlative]
Etymology: From chaos + -tropic. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|chaos|tropic}} chaos + -tropic Head templates: {{en-adj}} chaotropic (comparative more chaotropic, superlative most chaotropic)
  1. (biochemistry, physical chemistry) That disrupts hydrogen bonds, especially within or between biological molecules. Tags: physical Categories (topical): Biochemistry, Physical chemistry, Hydrogen Derived forms: antichaotropic, nonchaotropic Related terms: chaophilic, chaotolerant, chaotrope, chaotropism, chaotropy
    Sense id: en-chaotropic-en-adj-v3wxUmLh Disambiguation of Hydrogen: 58 42 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -tropic, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -tropic: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 66 34 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 71 29 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Noun

Forms: chaotropics [plural]
Etymology: From chaos + -tropic. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|chaos|tropic}} chaos + -tropic Head templates: {{en-noun}} chaotropic (plural chaotropics)
  1. (biochemistry, physical chemistry) Such a substance Tags: physical Categories (topical): Biochemistry, Physical chemistry
    Sense id: en-chaotropic-en-noun-ixhNYQlL Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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