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hydrolytic

American

[hahy-druh-lit-ik] / ˌhaɪ drəˈlɪt ɪk /

adjective

producing, noting, or resulting in hydrolysis.

hydrolytic British

/ ˌhaɪdrəˈlɪtɪk /

adjective

of, concerned with, producing, or produced by hydrolysis

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Etymology

Origin of hydrolytic

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

Example Sentences

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If these proteins are hydrolytic enzymes, they can be stored in lysosomes.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The person’s immune system would not be able to destroy foreign pathogen due to lack of hydrolytic enzymes.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Figure 13.14 The stages of phagocytosis include the engulfment of a food particle, the digestion of the particle using hydrolytic enzymes contained within a lysosome, and the expulsion of undigested material from the cell.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013

Lysosomes also use their hydrolytic enzymes to destroy disease-causing organisms that might enter the cell.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013

ABEL, J. J., AND KUBOTA, S.: On the presence of histamine in the hypophysis cerebri and other tissues of the body and its occurrence among the hydrolytic decomposition products of proteins.

From The Vitamine Manual by Eddy, Walter H.

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