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Hydrolytic cleavage

Hydrolytic cleavage --> hydrolysis

(Science: chemistry) The splitting of a compound into fragments by the addition of water, the hydroxyl group being incorporated in one fragment and the hydrogen atom in the other.

Origin: gr. Lysis = dissolution


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