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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the hydrolysis of proteins into peptides and amino acids by cleavage of their peptide bonds; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Proteolysis \Pro`te*ol"y*sis\, n. [NL. See Proteolytic.]
   (Physiol. Chem.)
   The digestion or dissolving of proteid matter by proteolytic
   ferments.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

proteolysis
    n 1: the hydrolysis of proteins into peptides and amino acids by
         cleavage of their peptide bonds