phos·pho·rol·y·sis
n, pl -y*ses : a reversible reaction analogous to hydrolysis in which phosphoric acid functions in a manner similar to that of water with the formation of a phosphate (as glucose-1-phosphate in the breakdown of liver glycogen) phos*pho*ro*lyt*ic adj
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