Heterolysis may refer to:
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Heterolysis (biology)
Heterolysis (hetero = other/different, lysis = cell breakdown) is the spontaneous death and disintegration of a cell from factors other than itself. In contrast, autolysis happens when a cell dies due to its own secretions or signaling. Some ext ...
, the apoptosis induced by hydrolytic enzymes from surrounding cells
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Heterolysis (chemistry)
In chemistry, heterolysis or heterolytic fission () is the process of cleaving/breaking a covalent bond where one previously bonded species takes both original bonding electrons from the other species. During heterolytic bond cleavage of a neutra ...
, a chemical bond cleavage of a neutral molecule generating a cation and an anion
See also
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Homolysis (disambiguation)
The term homolysis generally means breakdown (''lysis'') to equal pieces (''homo'' = same). There are separate meanings for the word in chemistry and biology:
* Homolysis (biology), the fact that the dividing cell gives two equal-size daughter cel ...
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