denatured
adjective
- dehumanized
- deprived of natural qualities, such as: made (alcohol) unfit for drinking (as by adding an obnoxious substance) without impairing usefulness for other purposes
- deprived of natural qualities, such as: modified molecular structure of (something, such as a protein or DNA) so as to destroy or diminish some of the original properties and especially the specific biological activity
Wiktionary
adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Old French desnaturer French dénaturerbor. English denature English -ed English denatured From denature + -ed.
- 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 achieved by the addition of methanol (wood alcohol) to ethanol (grain alcohol).
verb
Etymology: Etymology tree Old French desnaturer French dénaturerbor. English denature English -ed English denatured From denature + -ed.
- simple past and past participle of denature