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hydrolyse

British  
/ ˈhaɪdrəˌlaɪz /

verb

  1. to subject to or undergo hydrolysis

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • hydrolysable adjective
  • hydrolysation noun
  • hydrolyser noun

Example Sentences

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Caustic alkalis hydrolyse it readily to the alkaline chloride and cyanate.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various

Emulsine has the property of being able to hydrolyse the glucoside amygdalin to glucose, benzaldehyde, and hydrocyanic acid.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 2: Ebert to Estremadura by Various

The name "lipobacter" has been proposed by De Kruyff for bacteria which hydrolyse fats.

From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by Simmons, W. H.

They hydrolyse readily when boiled with solutions of caustic alkalies or mineral acids, yielding the constituent acid and alcohol.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

Of these five organisms, it would appear that four live in metabiosis, the streptobacilli and bacilli hydrolyse the milk sugar, the components of which are split up by the yeast to alcohol and carbon-dioxide.

From The Bacillus of Long Life a manual of the preparation and souring of milk for dietary purposes, together with and historical account of the use of fermente by Douglas, Loudon