Definition of Solvolysis

1. [n -LYSES]

Medical Definition of Solvolysis

1. The reaction of a dissolved salt with the solvent to form an acid and a base; the (partial) reverse of neutralization. If the solvent is water, an amphiprotic solvent, solvolysis is called hydrolysis. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Solvolysis

solvent
solventless
solvently
solvents
solvents
solvent drag
solvent ether
solvent extraction
solvent inhalation
solver
solvers
solves
solving
solvolyses
solvolysis (current term)
solvolysis (current term)
solvolytic
Solway Firth
Solzhenitsyn
sol gel transformation
Sol Hurok
Sol Rojo
som
soma
soma
somaclonal variation
somaesthesia
somaesthesis
somaj
somal

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