different between hydrolysis vs digestion

English

Etymology

From hydro- +? -lysis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ha??d??l?s?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ha??d??l?s?s/
• Rhymes: -?l?s?s

Noun

hydrolysis (countable and uncountable, plural hydrolyses)

1. (chemistry) A chemical process of decomposition involving the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion of water.

Derived terms

Related terms

• hydrolyze

Translations

English

Etymology

From Old French digestion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da??d??st??n/, /d??d??st??n/
• Rhymes: -?st??n

Noun

digestion (countable and uncountable, plural digestions)

1. The process, in the gastrointestinal tract, by which food is converted into substances that can be utilized by the body.
2. The result of this process.
3. The ability to use this process.
4. The processing of decay in organic matter assisted by microorganisms.
5. The assimilation and understanding of ideas.
6. (medicine, archaic) Generation of pus; suppuration.
7. (chemistry) Dissolution of a sample into a solution by means of adding acid and heat.

Derived terms

• predigestion

Related terms

• digest
• digester
• digestible

Translations

Anagrams

• genistoid

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin digestio, digestionem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.??s.tj??/
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

digestion f (plural digestions)

1. digestion

Further reading

• “digestion” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Alternative forms

• digestioun
• digestiun

Noun

digestion f (oblique plural digestions, nominative singular digestion, nominative plural digestions)

1. digestion

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /did??es?tju?/

Noun

digestion f

1. digestion