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Hydrolysis

//haɪˈdɹɑləsəs// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    a chemical reaction in which water reacts with a compound to produce other compounds; involves the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion from the water wordnet

Etymology

From hydro- + -lysis.

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