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thiolysis

thiolysis noun: a reaction with a thiol that cleaves one compound into two.

Noun

thiolysis

  1. A reaction with a thiol that cleaves one compound into two.

Questions about thiolysis

What does thiolysis mean?
Thiolysis means a reaction with a thiol that cleaves one compound into two.
What part of speech is thiolysis?
Thiolysis is a noun.

Words near thiolysis in the dictionary

  1. thiolix
  2. thiols
  3. thioltransferase
  4. thioltransferases
  5. thiolutin
  6. thiolysis
  7. thiolytic
  8. thiomalate
  9. thiomalates
  10. thiomer
  11. thiomers

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