chemolysis etymology

English word chemolysis comes from English -lysis (Decomposition or breakdown. Disintegration. Dissolving.), English chemo- (Relating to or using chemicals or chemistry.)

Detailed word origin of chemolysis

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-lysis English (eng) Decomposition or breakdown. Disintegration. Dissolving.
chemo- English (eng) Relating to or using chemicals or chemistry.
chemolysis English (eng) (dated) The decomposition of organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents alone.

Words with the same origin as chemolysis

Descendants of -lysis
acantholytic acetolysis acetolytic atmolysis autohydrolysis autoproteolysis biolysis cerumenolysis chromatolysis elastinolysis electrolysis endoproteolysis glycohydrolysis heterolytic homolysis hydrolysis karyolysis karyolytic lipolysis neurolysis octanolysis oncolysis onycholysis tenolysis
Descendants of chemo-
chemexfoliation chemoarchitectural chemoattractive chemocyanin chemofossil chemohormonal chemoinvasion chemometric chemometrician chemoprophylaxis chemopsychiatric chemoreception chemoreflex chemorepulsion chemoresistant chemoselection chemosensitizer chemospecificity chemosurgical chemosynthetic chemotactic chemotaxis chemothalamectomy chemotherapy chemotrophy