HYDROLYZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hydrolyze mean? 

• HYDROLYZE (verb)
  The verb HYDROLYZE has 1 sense:

1. undergo hydrolysis; decompose by reacting with water

  Familiarity information: HYDROLYZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYDROLYZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they hydrolyze    ... he / she / it hydrolyzes   
Past simple: hydrolyzed   
Past participle: hydrolyzed   
-ing form: hydrolyzing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Undergo hydrolysis; decompose by reacting with water

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

hydrolyse; hydrolyze

Hypernyms (to "hydrolyze" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

hydrolyzable (capable of undergoing hydrolysis)

 Context examples 

This bacteria is oxidase positive, hemolytic, does not hydrolyze esculin, produces arginine dihydrolase and is negative for indole production.

(Aeromonas schubertii, NCI Thesaurus)

This bacteria is motile, non sporeforming, oxidase and catalase positive, hydrolyzes esculin and ferments glucose, xylose and mannitol.

(Agrobacterium radiobacter, NCI Thesaurus)

This bacteria is motile by polar flagella, oxidase positive, produces Aerolysin Cytotoxic Enterotoxin, hydrolyzes esculin and is beta hemolytic.

(Aeromonas hydrophila, NCI Thesaurus)

This bacteria is catalase negative, does not reduce nitrate and does not hydrolyze esculin, urea or gelatin.

(Actinomyces turicensis, NCI Thesaurus)

This bacteria is alpha hemolytic, catalase and indole negative, hydrolyzes esculin and does not reduce nitrate.

(Actinomyces radingae, NCI Thesaurus)

This bacteria is non-motile, hemolytic, hydrolyzes gelatin, is weakly catalase positive and does not reduce nitrate.

(Alistipes putredinis, NCI Thesaurus)

Upon administration, ancitabine is slowly hydrolyzed into cytarabine.

(Ancitabine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Some nucleotidyltransferases bear specific names (e.g., adenylyltransferases), or trivial names indicating the linkage hydrolyzed in the synthesis (pyrophosphorylases, phosphorylases), or names of the material synthesized (RNA or DNA polymerase).

(Nucleotidyltransferase, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is non-spore forming, catalase and indole negative, does not liquefy gelatin, hydrolyze hippurate, digest meat, or reduce nitrate, but does ferment glucose, glycogen, trehalose, and starch, as well as hydrolyze esculin.

(Olsenella uli, NCI Thesaurus)

MLH1 is homologous to MutL, which hydrolyzes ATP.

(MLH1 Protein, NCI Thesaurus)