Where does “hydrolysis” come from?
Hydrolysis comes from Ancient Greek λύσις (lúsis, "loosening") and λύω (lúō, "to loosen"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wey-, meaning "to separate or divide."
hydrolysis (English): A chemical process of decomposition involving the...
Definitions
- A chemical process of decomposition involving the...
Ancestry of “hydrolysis”, step by step
Words derived from “hydrolysis”
- hydrolase
- hydrolysate
- acetylhydrolase
- glycohydrolase
- phosphohydrolase
- amidohydrolase
- autohydrolysis
- dimethylaminohydrolase
- dihydrolase
- aminohydrolase
- glucohydrolase
- diphosphohydrolase
- pyrophosphohydrolase
- glucanohydrolase
- endohydrolysis
- photohydrolysis
- xylanohydrolase
- glycanohydrolase
- ureohydrolase
- glycohydrolysis
- amidohydrolysis
- cytohydrolysis
- electrohydrolysis
- perhydrolysis