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hydrolyze
[ hahy-druh-lahyz ]
verb (used with or without object)
- to subject or be subjected to hydrolysis.
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Other Words From
- hydro·lyza·ble adjective
- hydro·ly·zation noun
- hydro·lyzer noun
- un·hydro·lyzed adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hydrolyze1
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Example Sentences
Some constituents of chlorlyptus hydrolyze slowly and to a slight degree with the liberation of a trace of free hydrochloric acid.
A large number of such enzymes have been found in plants, many of which hydrolyze only a single glucoside.
These materials are so extremely difficult to hydrolyze that their composition has not yet been definitely determined.
Heated with water in the absence of free acid, they hydrolyze even more readily than the salts of aluminium.
They are very difficult to hydrolyze, and indigestible by animals.
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