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hydrolysis

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CIDE DICTIONARY

hydrolysisn. [Hydro-, 1 + -lysis.].
     A chemical process causing the splitting of a chemical bond by the addition of the elements of water. Where the bond which is split is not part of a ring structure, this process causes formation of two compounds from one compound plus water, as in the hydrolysis of the ester bonds of fats during saponification.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

hydrolysis, n. the chemical reaction of a substance with water, usu. resulting in decomposition.

Derivative
hydrolytic adj.

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