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amidolysis

amidolysis noun: the cleavage of amide groups (especially of peptide bonds).

Noun

amidolysis

  1. The cleavage of amide groups (especially of peptide bonds)

Origin of amidolysis

From amido- + -lysis.

Questions about amidolysis

What does amidolysis mean?
Amidolysis means the cleavage of amide groups (especially of peptide bonds).
What part of speech is amidolysis?
Amidolysis is a noun.

Words near amidolysis in the dictionary

  1. amidohydrolytic
  2. amidol
  3. amidoligase
  4. amidoligases
  5. amidols
  6. amidolysis
  7. amidolytic
  8. amidolytically
  9. amidomethyl
  10. amidomethylation
  11. amidomethylations

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