PROTEOLYSIS


Meaning of PROTEOLYSIS in English

— proteolytic /proh'tee euh lit"ik/ , adj.

/proh'tee ol"euh sis/ , n. Biochem.

the breaking down of proteins into simpler compounds, as in digestion.

[ 1875-80; proteo- (comb. form repr. PROTEIN) + -LYSIS ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .