1. to purify together with something else; to undergo purification simultaneously or jointly
Usage: technical; chemistry/biology context; transitive or intransitive

Examples

• The researchers used chromatography to copurify the two proteins from the cell extract.
• When the compounds copurify during the extraction process, it becomes difficult to separate them.
• The team copurified the enzyme and its cofactor to study their interaction.
• These contaminants tend to copurify with the target molecule under standard conditions.