saponification
nouns
a chemical reaction in which an ester is heated with an alkali (especially the alkaline hydrolysis of a fat or oil to make soap)
is a type of (narrower)
(chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others
"there was a chemical reaction of the lime with the ground water"
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