chemolysis

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun The analysis or separation of a compound into its constituent parts by chemical means; chemical analysis.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun A term sometimes applied to the decomposition of organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents alone.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• noun dated The decomposition of organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents alone.