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Noun: hydrolysis  hI'dró-li-sis
  1. A chemical reaction in which water reacts with a compound to produce other compounds; involves the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion from the water

Type of: chemical reaction, reaction

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