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Hydrolysis is a chemical reaction where a water molecule breaks one or more chemical bonds in another substance, often used to describe reactions where water acts as the attacking agent in substitution and elimination reactions. It matters because it's a fundamental process in chemistry—reversible with the opposite reaction (condensation)—that helps break down complex molecules into simpler ones.

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