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What is this the definition of?

Reaction that disassembles polymers and absorbs water.

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Hydrolysis reactions use water
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Hydrolysis reactions use water to breakdown polymers into monomers and is the opposite of dehydration synthesis, which forms water when synthesizing a polymer from monomers. Hydrolysis reactions break bonds and release energy.

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