n :  a chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water hy*dro*lyt*ic adj hy*dro*lyt*i*cal*ly adv 
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  tor·u·lo·sis 
 
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