chemolysis

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/kiːˈmɒlɪsɪs/

noun

The decomposition of organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents.

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nounchemolysis (countable and uncountable, plural chemolyses)

plural chemolyses

  1. countableuncountableThe decomposition of organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents.

    This section gives an elaborative view over the difference between the products obtained by combined chemolysis with respect to mechanical recycling and conventional chemolysis of PU foam.

    2018, Sabu Thomas, Ajay Vasudeo Rane, Krishnan Kanny, Recycling of Polyurethane Foams, page 94
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    By continuing the study of chemolysis we shall probably be able to learn more about the changes of the muscles in disease, as well as about the ingredients of flesh extracts which are at present unknown.

    1872, J. L. W. Thudichum, A Manual of Chemical Physiology, page 40

    Likewise, the use of chemolysis for stone dissolution has declined dramatically. Although its indications have diminished, chemolysis should not be discounted as a useless technique from the past .

    2007, Russell M. Freid, Arthur D. Smith, “Chemolysis of Urinary Calculi”, in Arthur D. Smith, editor, Smith's Textbook of Endourology, page 149

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