Synonyms & related words for hydrolysis

Find synonyms, related words, and the definition of hydrolysis. Dendril is a free visual thesaurus that shows them on an interactive map where stronger matches sit closer to the center — no signup, no ads.

Words related to hydrolysis

Explore words related to hydrolysis — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include hydrolyses, enzymolysis, hydrolyzes, amylolysis, casease, enzymic, maltase, nucleotidase. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does hydrolysis come from?

The word hydrolysis breaks down into 2 roots of Greek origin: hydro-, from Greek hydor (“water”); and -lys, from Greek lysis (“loosening”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.