Chemolysis

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chemolysis \Che*mol"y*sis\, n. [Chemical + Gr. ? a loosing.]
     A term sometimes applied to the decomposition of organic
     substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical
     agents alone. --Thudichum.
     [1913 Webster]