Usually means: Breaking of a bond asymmetrically.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word heterolysis:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. heterolysis: Merriam-Webster
  2. heterolysis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. heterolysis: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. heterolysis: Collins English Dictionary
  5. heterolysis: Wordnik
  6. heterolysis: Wiktionary
  7. heterolysis: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. heterolysis: Dictionary.com
  9. Heterolysis (biology), Heterolysis (chemistry), Heterolysis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. heterolysis: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. heterolysis: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. heterolysis: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. heterolysis: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (heterolysis)

noun:  (chemistry) In organic chemistry, the splitting of a molecule to form a pair of oppositely charged ions
noun:  (biology) The disruption of blood cells by a heterolysin, or by enzymes from another species

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