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lactolysis

lactolysis noun: the hydrolysis of lactose (typically by a galactosidase).

Noun

lactolysis

  1. the hydrolysis of lactose (typically by a galactosidase)

Origin of lactolysis

From lacto- + -lysis.

Questions about lactolysis

What does lactolysis mean?
Lactolysis means the hydrolysis of lactose (typically by a galactosidase).
What part of speech is lactolysis?
Lactolysis is a noun.

Words near lactolysis in the dictionary

  1. lactol
  2. lactolate
  3. lactolated
  4. lactolation
  5. lactols
  6. lactolysis
  7. lactomer
  8. lactometer
  9. lactometers
  10. lactometric
  11. lactometry

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