Meanings
nounphotohydrolysis (countable and uncountable, plural photohydrolyses)
plural photohydrolyses
- countableuncountablechemistryphotochemical hydrolysis
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰéh₂os
- Proto-Hellenic*pʰáwos
- Ancient Greekφᾰ́ος (phắos)
- Ancient Greekφῶς (phôs)
- Ancient Greekφωτο- (phōto-)
- Englishphoto-
- Englishhydrolysis
- Englishphotohydrolysis
From photo- + hydrolysis.
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photohydrolysis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photohydrolysis
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“photohydrolysis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photohydrolysis. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “photohydrolysis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/photohydrolysis.
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