Proteolysis

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The hydrolysis of proteins into peptides and amino acids, especially as part of the digestion of food. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the hydrolysis of proteins into peptides and amino acids by cleavage of their peptide bonds wordnet

Etymology

From proteo- + -lysis.

Related phrases

amino acid

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