Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Proteolytic \Pro`te*o*lyt"ic\, a. [Proteid + Gr. ? to loose.]
   (Physiol.)
   Converting proteid or albuminous matter into soluble and
   diffusible products, as peptones. `` The proteolytic ferment
   of the pancreas.'' --Foster.

Source : WordNet®

proteolytic
     adj : of or relating to proteolysis