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heterolytic

heterolytic adjective: of or pertaining to heterolysis.

Adjective

heterolytic (comparative more heterolytic, superlative most heterolytic)

  1. Of or pertaining to heterolysis

Forms of heterolytic

comparativemore heterolytic
superlativemost heterolytic

Origin of heterolytic

From hetero- + -lytic.

Words formed from heterolytic

Questions about heterolytic

What does heterolytic mean?
Heterolytic means of or pertaining to heterolysis.
What part of speech is heterolytic?
Heterolytic is an adjective.

Words near heterolytic in the dictionary

  1. heterolysin
  2. heterolysins
  3. heterolysis
  4. heterolysosome
  5. heterolysosomes
  6. heterolytic
  7. heterolytically
  8. heterolyze
  9. heteromacromolecule
  10. heteromacromolecules
  11. heteromale

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