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Definition of Hydrolysis

1. Noun. 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.

Definition of Hydrolysis

1. n. A chemical process involving the addition of the elements of water.

Definition of Hydrolysis

1. Noun. (chemistry) A chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water. ¹

2. Noun. (biochemistry) The degradation of certain biopolymers (proteins, complex sugars) by the chemical process that results in smaller polymers or monomers (such as amino acids or monosaccharides) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hydrolysis

1. [n -LYSES]

Medical Definition of Hydrolysis

1. The splitting of a compound into fragments by the addition of water, the hydroxyl group being incorporated in one fragment and the hydrogen atom in the other. Origin: Gr. Lysis = dissolution This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Hydrolysis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1910)
"The purpose of the research to be described in this article was to study another phenomenon—that of the hydrolysis of salts into ..."

2. Analytical Chemistry by Frederick Pearson Treadwell (1921)
"hydrolysis hydrolysis is the name given to the decomposing action of water upon salts.* Corresponding to the fact that water is a poor conductor of ..."

3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"On hydrolysis by alkalis the base gives rise to 1 mol. benzoic acid and a new base ... On hydrolysis it yields two bases ; one, mp 98°, readily soluble, ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1904)
"367) tested the action of an aqueous extract of pancreas on mutton fat, but found hydrolysis to proceed only to about 20 per cent. ..."

5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh by Royal Society of Edinburgh (1900)
"The alteration of the amount of hydrolysis by change of temperature has been ... He showed that, in the case of the sulphate, the amount of hydrolysis is ..."

6. The Chemical Constitution of the Proteins by Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1917)
"hydrolysis I. hydrolysis. problem of the composition of the protein molecule ^^^ by the method of hydrolysis, though other methods i as lusion with alkali, ..."

7. The Physical Chemistry of the Proteins by Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1918)
"The effect of high temperatures in accelerating the auto-hydrolysis of proteins is to be looked upon, therefore, as that of rendering readily detectable, ..."

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