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Chemolysis

Che-mol′y-sis

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Noun.
[
Chemi
cal + Gr. [GREEK] a loosing.]
A term sometimes applied to the decomposition of organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents alone.
Thudichum.

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chemolysis

chemolysis

English

Noun

chemolysis (countable and uncountable, plural chemolyses)

  1. (dated) The decomposition of organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents alone.
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