Medical Definition of Hydrolytic cleavage

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)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrolytic Cleavage

hydrology
hydrology
hydrolymph
hydrolysate
hydrolysate
hydrolysates
hydrolyse
hydrolyses
hydrolysis
hydrolysis
hydrolyte
hydrolytes
hydrolytic
hydrolytic
hydrolytically
hydrolytic cleavage (current term)
hydrolytic enzyme
hydrolyzable
hydrolyzate
hydrolyzates
hydrolyze
hydrolyze
hydrolyzed
hydrolyzes
hydrolyzing
hydrolyzing enzymes
hydroma
hydromagnesite
hydromagnetic
hydromancer

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