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hydrolysis (n.)
"chemical decomposition by water," 1879, formed in English from
hydro-
+ Greek
lysis
"a loosening, a dissolution," from
lyein
"to loosen, dissolve" (see
lose
). Related:
Hydrolitic
(1875).
