pectolytic
/ˌpɛktəˈlɪtɪk/Biology and Biochemistry
adjective
Designating or involving degradation of pectins; able to degrade pectins; (of an enzyme) acting as a pectinase.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in American Journal of Botany. From pect- + -o- + -lytic.
- orthoceratites
- orthochoanite
- orthochoanitic
- orthochromatic
- orthochromatism
- orthoclase
- orthocone
- orthoconic
- ortho-cousin
- orthodiagram
- orthodiagraphic
- orthodigita
- orthodome
- orthodontia
- orthodontic
- orthodontically
- orthodontics
- orthodontist
- orthodox
- orthodoxal
- orthodoxally
- Orthodox Church
- orthodoxian
- orthodoxical
- orthodoxically