hydrolysis hydrolyse • hydrolyst · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · hydrolysis · · Text Latin · · Script 10 · · Length 4 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) a chemical reaction in which water reacts with a compound to produce other compounds; involves the splitting of a bond and the addition of the hydrogen cation and the hydroxide anion from the water. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · d latin small letter d U+0064 h latin small letter h U+0068 i latin small letter i U+0069 l latin small letter l U+006C o latin small letter o U+006F r latin small letter r U+0072 s latin small letter s U+0073 y latin small letter y U+0079