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protolyze

protolyze verb: to cause or to undergo protolysis.

Verb

protolyze (third-person singular simple present protolyzes, present participle protolyzing, simple past and past participle protolyzed)

  1. To cause or to undergo protolysis.

Forms of protolyze

third-person singular presentprotolyzes
present participleprotolyzing
past participleprotolyzed
pastprotolyzed
alternative formprotolyse

Questions about protolyze

What does protolyze mean?
Protolyze means to cause or to undergo protolysis.
What part of speech is protolyze?
Protolyze is a verb.
What is the past tense of protolyze?
The past tense of protolyze is protolyzed.

Words near protolyze in the dictionary

  1. protolysed
  2. protolyses
  3. protolysing
  4. protolysis
  5. protolytic
  6. protolyze
  7. protolyzed
  8. protolyzes
  9. protolyzing
  10. protoma
  11. protomammal

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