lysis
lysis
Definition
ly·sis (lī′sis)
noun
- the process of cell destruction through the action of specific lysins
- the gradual ending of disease symptoms
Etymology: ModL < Gr, a loosening, dissolving: see lose
lysis
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- cell: The lysis of red cells can be seen by the release of hemoglobin.
- adhesion: She never said she did a lysis of adhesions, nor did she write it on the surgical report.
- erythrocyte: It is caused by absorption of antibodies in the colostrum, causing extra- or intra-vascular lysis of erythrocytes.
Converse of object
- mediate: We would like to better understand how the dense VSG coat protects the trypanosome from complement mediated lysis.
- complement: The depletion is unaffected by cobra venom factor treatment and thus presumably does not depend on complement lysis ( Isaacs et al 1992 ).
- cause: These are activated in the presence of pathogens and cause cell lysis.
- induce: Virus infection induced late cell lysis in asthmatic cells but not in normal cells.
Adjective modifier
- complement-mediated: A recently discovered cell surface antigen, CD59, has been found to be an inhibitor of complement-mediated lysis.
- viral: Activation of the classical pathway and direct viral lysis were at least partly responsible.
- reactive: Such " reactive lysis " or " bystander lysis " can account for injury to cells not recognized by specific antibodies ( 131 ).
- osmotic: The Cry gene toxins target specific insect cell receptor proteins and create pores that lead to osmotic lysis of the insect gut cells.
Modifies a noun
- buffer: The lysis buffer tube must then be clearly labeled with the patient details.
- syndrome: The patients at risk of tumor lysis syndrome are those with high tumor burden prior to treatment.
- tube: The lysis buffer tube must then be clearly labeled with the patient details.
Noun used with modifier
- ml: Frozen cell pellets were thawed on ice over night and re-suspended in a total volume of 50 ml lysis buffer.
- tumor: The patients at risk of tumor lysis syndrome are those with high tumor burden prior to treatment.
- cell: In contrast to the primary infection, there is no cell lysis or indirect cell damage due to inflammation.
- clot: This review examines the roles of the major fibrinolytic factors involved in clot lysis.
- tumor: DATA SOURCES: Published articles, case reports, and book chapters on tumor lysis syndrome.
- bone: Three patients ( three ankles, 4.4 % ) had a ballooning bone lysis on the tibial side.
