Usually means: Breaking of a bond unevenly.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. heterolytic: Merriam-Webster
  2. heterolytic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. heterolytic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. heterolytic: Wordnik
  5. heterolytic: Wiktionary
  6. heterolytic: Dictionary.com
  7. heterolytic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. heterolytic: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. heterolytic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. heterolytic: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to heterolysis

Similar:
homolytic, heteroallelic, heterostatic, heterostructural, heterolithic, heteromeric, heteronymous, heterogamic, heterochromatinic, heteropathic, more...

Opposite:
homolytic, cleavage, dissociation

Phrases:
heterolytic fission, more...

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Similar:
homolytic, heteroallelic, heterostatic, heterostructural, heterolithic, heteromeric, heteronymous, heterogamic, heterochromatinic, heteropathic, more...

Opposite:
homolytic, cleavage, dissociation

Phrases:
heterolytic fission, more...



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