Definition of Hydrolyze

1. Verb. Undergo hydrolysis; decompose by reacting with water.

Exact synonyms: Hydrolyse
Generic synonyms: Change
Derivative terms: Hydrolyzable

Definition of Hydrolyze

1. Verb. (chemistry) to undergo, or to subject something to hydrolysis ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hydrolyze

1. [v -LYZED, -LYZING, -LYZES]

Medical Definition of Hydrolyze

1. To subject to hydrolysis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrolyze

hydrolyser
hydrolysers
hydrolyses
hydrolysing
hydrolysis
hydrolyte
hydrolytes
hydrolytic
hydrolytic cleavage
hydrolytic enzyme
hydrolytically
hydrolyzable
hydrolyzate
hydrolyzates
hydrolyzation
hydrolyze (current term)
hydrolyzed
hydrolyzer
hydrolyzers
hydrolyzes
hydrolyzing
hydrolyzing enzymes
hydroma
hydromagnesiation
hydromagnesiations
hydromagnesite
hydromagnesites
hydromagnetic
hydromagnetically
hydromagnetics

Literary usage of Hydrolyze

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

1. Principles of Biochemistry for Students of Medicine, Agriculture and Related by Thorburn Brailsford Robertson (1920)
"Blood-serum will not hydrolyze glycyl-l-tyrosine and the trypsin which it contains ... When we hydrolyze such a substance as Ethyl Butyrate with the aid ..."

2. An Advanced Course in Quantitative Analysis: With Explanatory Notes by Henry Fay (1917)
"Manganese acetate would also hydrolyze somewhat under the same conditions, especially in neutral solution, and it is therefore necessary to diminish the ..."

3. Nutrition and specific therapy by Dorothy E. Lane (1922)
""hydrolyze to molecules of dextrose through the action of acids and through the action of ... Certain gums hydrolyze to molecules of a pentose or hex- .ose. ..."

4. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"Discussion The ß anomers o-NP-NAG and />-NP-NAG, where acetamido and nitrophenoxy groups are in a trans-\,2 disposition, hydrolyze with a spontaneous rate ..."

5. Text-book of Physiological Chemistry in Thirty Lectures by Emil Abderhalden (1908)
"They hydrolyze starch into dextrins and maltose. The decompo sition of maltose into two molecules of dextrose is effected by maltose Invertase splits ..."

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