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glycerolysis

glycerolysis noun: any reaction of an ester with glycerol, but especially the reaction of triglycerides with glycerol to form monoglycerides and diglycerides.

Noun

glycerolysis (uncountable)

  1. Any reaction of an ester with glycerol, but especially the reaction of triglycerides with glycerol to form monoglycerides and diglycerides

Origin of glycerolysis

From glycerol + -lysis.

Questions about glycerolysis

What does glycerolysis mean?
Glycerolysis means any reaction of an ester with glycerol, but especially the reaction of triglycerides with glycerol to form monoglycerides and diglycerides.
What part of speech is glycerolysis?
Glycerolysis is a noun.

Words near glycerolysis in the dictionary

  1. glycerolphosphates
  2. glycerolphospholipid
  3. glycerolphospholipids
  4. glycerols
  5. glyceroluria
  6. glycerolysis
  7. glycerolyte
  8. glycerone
  9. glyceroneogenesis
  10. glyceronucleotide
  11. glyceronucleotides

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