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noun, feminine

catálisis

/kaˈtalisis/

noun, feminine/kaˈtalisis/plural: catálisis

catalysis

Related: catalítico, catalizar

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κατάλυσις (katálusis, “dissolution”), from καταλύω (katalúō, “to dissolve”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + λύω (lúō, “to loose”).