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-lytic definition

-lytic (lit′ik)

  1. of, relating to, or causing (a specified kind of) dissolution or decomposition
  2. Biochem. undergoing hydrolysis by enzymes

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

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