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Hydrolyzed vs Hydrolysis - What's the difference?

hydrolyzed | hydrolysis |

As a verb hydrolyzed

is (hydrolyze).

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.

hydrolyzed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (hydrolyze)

  • hydrolyze

    English

    Alternative forms

    * hydrolyse

    Verb

    (hydrolyz) (transitive'' and ''intransitive )
  • (chemistry) to undergo, or to subject something 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)