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HYDROLYSIS

\ha͡ɪdɹˈɒləsˌɪs], \ha‍ɪdɹˈɒləsˌɪs], \h_aɪ_d_ɹ_ˈɒ_l_ə_s_ˌɪ_s]\

Definitions of HYDROLYSIS

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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The process of cleaving a chemical compound by the addition of a molecule of water.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Decomposition of a chemical compound by the addition of water.

1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
By Henderson, I. F.; Henderson, W. D.

Decomposition due to absorption of water.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Syn.: hydrolytic disassociation. Decomposition due to the absorption of water; chemic decomposition in which the compound breaks up after absorbing one or more water molecules. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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