proteolysis

1. 1.

   the hydrolysis of proteins into peptides and amino acids by cleavage of their peptide bonds

   Broaderchemical process

Other forms of proteolysis

plural

proteolysises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about proteolysis

What does proteolysis mean?

proteolysis means "the hydrolysis of proteins into peptides and amino acids by cleavage of their peptide bonds".

How many syllables are in proteolysis?

proteolysis has 5 syllables: pro-te-o-ly-sis. The stress falls on "o".

Is proteolysis a common word?

proteolysis is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.