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chitinolysis

chitinolysis noun: the enzymatic hydrolysis of chitin into chitobiose.

Noun

chitinolysis (uncountable)

  1. The enzymatic hydrolysis of chitin into chitobiose

Origin of chitinolysis

From chitin + -o- + -lysis.

Words formed from chitinolysis

Questions about chitinolysis

What does chitinolysis mean?
Chitinolysis means the enzymatic hydrolysis of chitin into chitobiose.
What part of speech is chitinolysis?
Chitinolysis is a noun.

Words near chitinolysis in the dictionary

  1. chitinlike
  2. chitinogenous
  3. chitinoid
  4. chitinoligosaccharide
  5. chitinoligosaccharides
  6. chitinolysis
  7. chitinolytic
  8. chitinophosphatic
  9. chitinous
  10. chitinozoa
  11. chitinozoan

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