The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chemolysis
Chemolysis \Che*mol"y*sis\, n. [Chemical + Gr. ? a loosing.]
A term sometimes applied to the decomposition of organic
substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical
agents alone.
--Thudichum.
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Wiktionary
chemolysis
n. (context dated English) The decomposition of organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents alone.