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Definition of Hydrolytic

1. a. Tending to remove or separate water; eliminating water.

Definition of Hydrolytic

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or accompanied by hydrolysis. ¹

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Definition of Hydrolytic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Hydrolytic

1. Tending to remove or separate water; eliminating water. "Hydrolytic agents, such as sulphuric acid or caustic alkali." (Encyc. Brit) Hydrolitic ferment, a ferment, enzyme, or chemical ferment, which acts only in the presence of water, and which causes the substance acted upon to take up a molecule of water. Thus, diastase of malt, ptyalin of saliva, and boiling dilute sulphuric acid all convert starch by hydration into dextrin and sugar. Nearly all of the digestive ferments are hydrolytic in their action. Origin: Hydro-, 1 + Gr. To loose. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrolytic

Literary usage of Hydrolytic

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

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"hydrolytic Enzymes of the Ischemic Kidney (40630) MARC CANTIN, ... not only 8) but also certain hydrolytic en- :tivities, such as those of acid phos- , /? ..."

2. Principles of General Physiology by William Maddock Bayliss (1920)
"hydrolytic DISSOCIATION OF SOLUTES There are a few more facts in connection ... The hydrolytic dissociation of Indicators is of importance as showing that ..."

3. The Elements of physical chemistry by John Livingston Rutgers Morgan (1902)
"Thus for AlCl, we have hydrolytic Dissociation. K 76°.8 99°.7 32 4-72 8.04 64 6.09 13.2 The importance of hydrolytic dissociation is shown later, see p. ..."

4. Nucleic Acids: Their Chemical Properties and Physiological Conduct by Walter Jones (1914)
"The hydrolytic Products of Thymus Nucleic Acid. ... The two purine bases are formed from thymus nucleic acid by the application of mild hydrolytic agents, ..."

5. The Nature of Solution by Harry Clary Jones, Ebenezer Emmet Reed (1917)
"It will be noted that the products of hydrolytic dissociation are always more or less electrolytically dissociated by water — hydrolytic dissociation is ..."

6. Enzymes by Otto Cohnheim (1912)
"CHAPTER XV THE hydrolytic ENZYMES OF TISSUES, OR Auxo- LYTIC ENZYMES For reasons mentioned, the knowledge of these enzymes, which are not secreted and not ..."

7. Agricultural Bacteriology by Joseph Eames Greaves (1922)
"hydrolytic Enzymes.— As a type of the hydrolytic enzymes which act upon carbohydrates, we may take maltase which converts maltose into dextrose according to ..."

8. Proceedings (1908)
"TRAVIS : I have to congratulate Mr. Collins on the very lucid manner in which he has described the working of the hydrolytic tank, and the several methods ..."

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