Usually means: Chemical breakdown using water molecules.
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  1. hydrolysis: Merriam-Webster
  2. hydrolysis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. hydrolysis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  7. hydrolysis: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. hydrolysis: Wiktionary
  9. hydrolysis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  1. hydrolysis: Encyclopedia

Medicine (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. hydrolysis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  5. hydrolysis: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
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  1. Electrochemistry Dictionary (No longer online)
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  4. Hydrolysis: Biology dictionary
  5. Hydrolysis: Eric Weisstein's World of Chemistry
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  9. hydrolysis: UNCChem Glossary
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  1. hydrolysis: Urban Dictionary

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(Note: See hydrolytic as well.)

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noun:  (chemistry) A chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water.

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