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to hydrolyze

to hydrolyze

3 8.6
To break a substance into smaller parts using water
  • verb
  • /haɪˈdrɒlaɪz/
  • Specialized
translation icon : hidrolizar
  • PNPLA3 was identified as an LD protein that hydrolyzes TAG (122).
  • hydrolyzed oat
  • hydrolyzed oat flour
  • hydrolyzed protein

And so these products, now if you're going to get a good collagen peptide supplement, you want to make sure it's hydrolyzed.

Examples

  • When starch is mixed with water and heated, it will hydrolyze into glucose molecules.

  • The hydrolyzed samples were then washed with water and evaporated to dryness on a rotary evaporator in a vacuum at 70°C.

    Academic text (2015)
  • And it's of some commercial interest because if you hydrolyze it, it becomes this amine.

  • And acid, you can hydrolyze acetals with acid.

  • And you should be able to continue to hydrolyze your sucrose and digest.

  • In fact, those reactions actually hydrolyzed ATP in the following way.

  • They're crucial enzymes that control our ability to hydrolyze ATP, which is the major energy source for all of our cells, very important in the brain.

  • Importantly, in vitro studies revealed that this mutation in PNPLA3 ablated the ability of the protein to hydrolyze TAG.

    Blog text (27)
  • The mixture was vigorously stirred for 30 minutes, allowing the silane to hydrolyze and form reactive silanol groups.

    Academic text (2018)
  • First, they quickly hydrolyzed the fiber with hot, mild acid; then they quickly cooled it and added a mixture of cellulase and amyloglucosidase enzymes before further hydrolysis.

    Academic text (1996)

Synonyms

to hydrolize
vsto hydrolyze
  • Specialized
9.1

To break a chemical into smaller parts using water

is the standard spelling for the same chemical action
to hydrolise
vsto hydrolyze
  • UK
9.3

To break a chemical into smaller parts using water

is the standard spelling for the same chemical action

Surface Forms

hydrolyze infinitive
hydrolyse infinitive
hydrolyzed past
hydrolysed past
hydrolyzed past participle
hydrolysed past participle
hydrolyzing present participle
hydrolysing present participle
hydrolyzes third person singular
hydrolyses third person singular

Morphology

hydrolyze = lyse (semi-transparent) = hydro + lyze

The meaning is built from the scientific prefix hydro- 'water' plus lyse 'break down', but the specialized chemical sense is unlikely to be fully inferable for an average learner.

Etymology

Hydrolyze comes from the Greek parts hydro- 'water' and -lyze 'to break', the same '-lyze' you see in analyze, so to hydrolyze something is to 'break' it apart using water.