DENATURANT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any substance that serves as a denaturing agent

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("denaturant" is a kind of...):

substance (a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties)

Derivation:

denature (modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished)

denature (add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb)

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