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    3. 変性

    変性

    変へん性せい

    denaturation

    KMT9News #33+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveScience & MathMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab17 strokes

    へんせい

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    denaturation, degeneration

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    熱ねつによってタンパク質しつが変へん性せいします。

    Proteins denature due to heat.

    KMT7Science & MathMedicine & Health
    アルツハイマー病びょうは脳のうの神しん経けい細さい胞ぼうの変へん性せいによって引ひき起おこされます。

    Alzheimer's disease is caused by the degeneration of nerve cells in the brain.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthScience & Math
    紫し外がい線せんはDNAを変をへん性せいさせ、細さい胞ぼうに損そん傷しょうを与あたえる可か能のう性せいがあります。

    UV radiation can denature DNA and potentially damage cells.

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    加か齢れいに伴ともない、関かん節せつの軟なん骨こつに変へん性せいが生しょうじることがあります。

    With aging, degeneration can occur in the cartilage of joints.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthScience & Math
    酵こう素そは特とく定ていの条じょう件けん下かで変へん性せいし、その活かっ性せいを失うしないます。

    Enzymes denature under specific conditions and lose their activity.

    KMT9Science & MathMedicine & Health

    Kanji that make up this word

    変
    か.わる・か.わり・か.える…(1)
    unusual・change・strange
    性
    さが…(2)
    sex・gender・nature
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