Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hydrolysis

1 sense of hydrolysis

Sense 1
hydrolysis -- (a chemical reaction in which water reacts with a compound to produce other compounds; involves the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion from the water)
       => chemical reaction, reaction -- ((chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others; "there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water")