heterolytic etymology

English word heterolytic comes from English -lytic, English hetero- (Other, different.)

Detailed word origin of heterolytic

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-lytic English (eng) Used in adjectives relating to nouns with the suffix -lysis.
hetero- English (eng) Other, different.
heterolytic English (eng) Of or pertaining to heterolysis.

Words with the same origin as heterolytic

Descendants of -lytic
adipolytic adrenolytic amidolytic biolytic cerumenolytic erythrolytic exolytic gelatinolytic glycogenolytic glycogenolytically glycolytic haemolytic homolytic karyolytic keratinolytic ligninolytic oncolytic photolytic photolytically psycholytic saccharolytic thiolytic thrombolytic urealytic zymolytic
Descendants of hetero-
heterosexual