Phenomenon or Process
chemical cleavage
chem·i·cal cleav·age
Definitions related to chemical cleavage:
  • Division into two separate compounds.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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