Definition of Hydrolitic
Hy`dro*lyt"ic (?), a. [Hydro-, 1
+ Gr. &?; to loose.] (Chem.) Tending to remove or
separate water; eliminating water.
Hydrolytic agents, such as sulphuric acid or
caustic alkali. Encyc. Brit.
Hydrolytic ferment (Physiol. Chem.),
a ferment, enzyme, or chemical ferment, which acts only in the
presence of water, and which causes the substance acted upon to take
up a molecule of water. Thus, diastase of malt, ptyalin of saliva,
and boiling dilute sulphuric acid all convert starch by hydration
into dextrin and sugar. Nearly all of the digestive ferments are
hydrolytic in their action.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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