hydrolysableadj.
/ˈhʌɪdrəʊlʌɪzəb(ə)l/ Chemistry.
Capable of being hydrolysed.
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hydrolysable1908
1908 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 94 i. 199 (heading) Cacao butter, especially its non-hydrolysable constituents.
1913 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. 35 629 Those esters which are most easily hydrolyzable with excess of alkali.
1946 L. E. Wise Wood Chem. vi. 150 The disaccharide..must be hydrolyzable by alkali.
1965 C. S. G. Phillips & R. J. P. Williams Inorg. Chem. I. xiv. 522 The metals with basic oxides do not give readily hydrolysable salts.
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