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chaotrophic

chaotrophic is the misspelling of chaotropic.

Meaning of chaotropic

Adjective

chaotropic (comparative more chaotropic, superlative most chaotropic)

  1. (physical) That disrupts hydrogen bonds, especially within or between biological molecules.
    • The chaotropic salt inactivated the catalytic function of the peptide.

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Questions about chaotrophic

What is chaotrophic the misspelling of?
Chaotrophic is the misspelling of chaotropic.

Words near chaotrophic in the dictionary

  1. chaotizing
  2. chaotolerance
  3. chaotolerant
  4. chaotrope
  5. chaotropes
  6. chaotrophic
  7. chaotropic
  8. chaotropically
  9. chaotropics
  10. chaotropism
  11. chaotropy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chaotrophic (page history and authors); chaotropic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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