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hydrolyze

hydrolyze verb: to subject to hydrolysis.

Verb

hydrolyze (third-person singular simple present hydrolyzes, present participle hydrolyzing, simple past and past participle hydrolyzed)

  1. (US, transitive) To subject to hydrolysis.
  2. (US, intransitive) To undergo hydrolysis.

hydrolyze meaning in Tagalog

hydrolyze in Tagalog

subject to hydrolysis
tubigbilusin

Examples of hydrolyze in a sentence

  • Melezitose can be partially hydrolyzed to glucose and turanose.
  • Although Endo-M hydrolyzed asialobiantennary oligosaccharide containing bisecting GlcNAc, neither Endo-CC1 nor Endo-CC2 did.
  • When boiled with water, cocaïne is hydrolyzed into benzoylecgonine, C₁₆H₁₉NO₄, and methylic alcohol.

All 11 example sentences with hydrolyze

Forms of hydrolyze

third-person singular presenthydrolyzes
present participlehydrolyzing
past participlehydrolyzed
pasthydrolyzed
alternative formhydrolyse

Words formed from hydrolyze

Questions about hydrolyze

What does hydrolyze mean?
Hydrolyze means to subject to hydrolysis.
What is hydrolyze in Tagalog?
Hydrolyze in Tagalog is tubigbilusin. See Hydrolyze meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is hydrolyze?
Hydrolyze is a verb.
What is the past tense of hydrolyze?
The past tense of hydrolyze is hydrolyzed.

Words near hydrolyze in the dictionary

  1. hydrolyzable
  2. hydrolyzate
  3. hydrolyzates
  4. hydrolyzation
  5. hydrolyzations
  6. hydrolyze
  7. hydrolyzed
  8. hydrolyzed vegetable protein
  9. hydrolyzed vegetable proteins
  10. hydrolyzer
  11. hydrolyzers

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