denatured
IPA: dɪnˈeɪtʃɝd
adjective
- Having been deprived of its nature, having had its nature changed.
- Of alcohol made undrinkable, by adding a toxin or unpalatable substance, but still useful as a fuel or solvent. Traditionally by the addition of methanol (wood alcohol) to ethanol (grain alcohol).
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Examples of "denatured" in Sentences
- It may be denatured but I doubt it.
- The xanthine oxidase is not denatured.
- Its toxin is denatured by cooking, though.
- Allso, chlorophyll is not denatured by the cold.
- Products of this kind are called denatured alcohol.
- In native gel electrophoresis, the proteins are denatured.
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