lytic

(lit′ik)

adjective

Origin: see -lytic

Origin: Gr -lytikos < lytikos, able to loose: see lysis

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adjective

Origin:

Origin: Greek lutikos, able to loosen; see -lytic

suffix

Of, relating to, or causing a specified kind of decomposition: cellulolytic.

Origin:

Origin: From Greek lutikos, able to loosen

Origin: , from lūein, to loosen; see leu- in Indo-European roots

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