Usually means: Changes the structure of proteins.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. denatures: Merriam-Webster
  2. denatures: Collins English Dictionary
  3. denatures: Vocabulary.com
  4. denatures: Wiktionary
  5. denatures: Dictionary.com
  6. denatures: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. denatures: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. denatures: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. denatures: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. denatures: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (denature)

verb:  (transitive) To take away a natural characteristic or inherent property of (a thing or a person).
verb:  (transitive) To add something to (alcohol) that makes it unsuitable for consumption but leaves it suitable for most other purposes.
verb:  (transitive, intransitive, biochemistry) To alter its original form or state, especially of a protein, by heat, acidity etc.
verb:  To combine fissile material with nonfissile material in order to prevent its use in an atomic weapon.
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