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hydrolytic

[ hahy-druh-lit-ik ]

adjective

  1. producing, noting, or resulting in hydrolysis.


hydrolytic

/ ˌhaɪdrəˈlɪtɪk /

adjective

  1. of, concerned with, producing, or produced by hydrolysis


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Word History and Origins

Origin of hydrolytic1

First recorded in 1870–75; hydro- 1 + -lytic

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Example Sentences

While the hydrolytic action of enzymes is thus clear the synthesis in the cell is still a riddle.

Very little is known concerning the reversible action of the hydrolytic protein enzymes.

He considered this a case of a real synthesis of proteins from the products of its hydrolytic cleavage.

Various intermediate terms of the hydrolytic series have been isolated.

The influence of small amounts of asparagine in enormously increasing the hydrolytic effect of amylase is an example.

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