Lysis Definition

līsĭs
lyses
noun
The process of cell destruction through the action of specific lysins.
Webster's New World
The gradual ending of disease symptoms.
Webster's New World
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suffix
Decomposition; dissolving; disintegration.
Hydrolysis.
American Heritage
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A loosening, dissolution, dissolving, destruction.
Catalysis, electrolysis.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Lysis

  • New Latin from Latin a loosening from Greek lusis from lūein to loosen leu- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From the Latin lysis, from the Ancient Greek λύσις (lusis, “a loosening"); compare -lysis.

    From Wiktionary

  • New Latin from Greek lusis a loosening lysis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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