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Hydrolysis vs Nonhydrolyzable - What's the difference?

hydrolysis | nonhydrolyzable |

In chemistry|lang=en terms the difference between hydrolysis and nonhydrolyzable

is that hydrolysis is (chemistry) a chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water while nonhydrolyzable is (chemistry) not susceptible to hydrolysis.

As a noun hydrolysis

is (chemistry) a chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water.

As an adjective nonhydrolyzable is

(chemistry) not susceptible to hydrolysis.

hydrolysis

English

Noun

(hydrolyses)
  • (chemistry) A chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water.
  • (biochemistry) The degradation of certain biopolymers (proteins, complex sugars) by the chemical process that results in smaller polymers or monomers (such as amino acids or monosaccharides)

    • Related terms

    * hydrolyze

    nonhydrolyzable

    English

    Alternative forms

    *nonhydrolysable *non-hydrolyzable *non-hydrolysable

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (chemistry) Not susceptible to hydrolysis
    • a nonhydrolyzable ATP analog