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The resolution or favorable termination of a disease, coming on gradually and not marked by abrupt change.

The digestion of fats.

The conversion of starch into soluble products, as dextrins and sugar, esp. by the action of enzymes. -- Am`y*lo*lyt"ic (#), a.

each element is present. The former is called qualitative, and the latter quantitative analysis.

The act or process of separating mingled gases of unequal diffusibility by transmission through porous substances.

Self-catalysis; catalysis of a substance by one of its own products, as of silver oxide by the silver formed by reduction of a small portion of it. -- Au`to*cat`a*lyt"ic (#), a.

Chemical decomposition brought about by bacteria without the addition of oxygen.

The destruction of life.

Dissolution; degeneration; decay. [R.] Sad catalysis and declension of piety. Evelyn.

A term sometimes applied to the decomposition of organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents alone. Thudichum.

Diæresis. See Diæresis,

he act or process of chemical decomposition, by the action of electricity; as, the electrolysis of silver or nickel for plating; the electrolysis of water.

Dissolution of the red blood corpuscles with diminished coagulability of the blood; hæmolysis. -- Hæm`a*to*lyt"ic (#), a.

See Hæmocytotrypsis.

Same as Hæmatolysis, Hæmatolytic.

The decay and dissolution of the organic tissues and of the blood.

A chemical process involving the addition of the elements of water.

of the gray substance of the spinal cord. It is attended with febrile symptoms, motor paralysis, and muscular atrophy, often producing permanent deformities. Called also acute anterior poliomyelitis.

Analysis of the structure of materials from careful observation of photomicrographs.

Softening and absorption of bone. -- Os`te*o*lyt"ic (#), a.