Hydrolysis Definition
hī-drŏlĭ-sĭs
hydrolyses
noun
A chemical reaction in which a substance reacts with water so as to be changed into one or more other substances, as a starch into glucose, natural fats into glycerol and fatty acids, or a salt into a weak acid or a weak base.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Hydrolysis
From hydro- + -lysis.
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