Hydrolysis

[haɪ'drɒlɪsɪs] or [haɪ'drɑləsɪs]

Definition

(noun.) a chemical reaction in which water reacts with a compound to produce other compounds; involves the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion from the water.

Typist: Wesley--From WordNet

Definition

n. a kind of chemical decomposition by which a compound is resolved into other compounds by taking up the elements of water.—adj. Hydrolyt′ic.

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