Associations to the word «Proteolysis»

Wiktionary

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

Dictionary definition

PROTEOLYSIS, noun. The hydrolysis of proteins into peptides and amino acids by cleavage of their peptide bonds.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky