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ureolytic

ureolytic is the alternative form of urealytic.

Meaning of urealytic

Adjective

urealytic (comparative more urealytic, superlative most urealytic)

  1. That hydrolyses urea into ammonia and carbon dioxide

Origin of ureolytic

From ureo- + -lytic.

Words formed from ureolytic

Questions about ureolytic

What is ureolytic the alternative form of?
Ureolytic is the alternative form of urealytic.

Words near ureolytic in the dictionary

  1. ureogenesis
  2. ureogenic
  3. ureohydrolase
  4. ureohydrolases
  5. ureolysis
  6. ureolytic
  7. ureolytically
  8. ureosecretory
  9. ureosmotic
  10. ureotelic
  11. ureotelism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ureolytic (page history and authors); urealytic (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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