Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

‖

Noun.

[NL. See

(Physiol. Chem.)

The digestion or dissolving of proteid matter by proteolytic ferments.

proteolysis ‎(countable and uncountable, plural proteolyses)

(biochemistry) The hydrolysis of proteins into peptides and amino acids; especially as part of the digestion of food.

the hydrolysis of proteins