underwrapping

/AH1 N D ER0 R AE1 P IH0 NG/
noun
  1. 1

    The act of underwrapping something.

  2. 2

    A material that forms an underwrapped layer.

  3. 3

    (molecular biology) A state of being insufficiently desolvated, so that the main chain of hydrogen bonds in a protein are too accessible, rendering the protein unstable.