"chaotropic" meaning in English

See chaotropic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more chaotropic [comparative], most chaotropic [superlative]
Etymology: From chao- + -tropic. By surface analysis, chao- + -trope + -ic. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|chao-|-tropic}} chao- + -tropic, {{surface analysis|en|chao-|-trope|-ic}} By surface analysis, chao- + -trope + -ic 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 Derived forms: antichaotropic, nonchaotropic Related terms: chaophilic, chaotolerant, chaotrope, chaotropism, chaotropy
    Sense id: en-chaotropic-en-adj-v3wxUmLh Categories (other): Biochemistry, Physical chemistry, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with chao-, English terms suffixed with -ic, English terms suffixed with -trope, English terms suffixed with -tropic, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Hydrogen Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with chao-: 78 22 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 62 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -trope: 61 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -tropic: 57 43 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Disambiguation of Hydrogen: 100 0 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Noun

Forms: chaotropics [plural]
Etymology: From chao- + -tropic. By surface analysis, chao- + -trope + -ic. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|chao-|-tropic}} chao- + -tropic, {{surface analysis|en|chao-|-trope|-ic}} By surface analysis, chao- + -trope + -ic Head templates: {{en-noun}} chaotropic (plural chaotropics)
  1. (biochemistry, physical chemistry) Such a substance Tags: physical
    Sense id: en-chaotropic-en-noun-ixhNYQlL Categories (other): Biochemistry, Physical chemistry, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 51 Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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