hydrolyze

English

Alternative forms

• hydrolyse

Pronunciation

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Verb

hydrolyze (third-person singular simple present hydrolyzes, present participle hydrolyzing, simple past and past participle hydrolyzed) (American spelling)

1. (chemistry, transitive) To subject to hydrolysis.
2. (chemistry, intransitive) To undergo hydrolysis.

Derived terms

• hydrolyzability
• hydrolyzable
• hydrolyzation
• hydrolyzer
• nonhydrolyzed
• prehydrolyzed
• unhydrolyzed

Translations

subject to hydrolysis

• Catalan: hidrolitzar (ca)
• Finnish: hydrolysoitua (intransitive), hydrolysoida (transitive)
• French: hydrolyser (fr)
• Italian: (transitive) idrolizzare (it), (reflexive) idrolizzarsi
• Spanish: hidrolizar (es)
• Tagalog: tubigbilusin