Lytic Definition

lĭtĭk

adjective

Of a lysin.

Webster's New World

Of or causing lysis.

Webster's New World

Of or relating to a lysin.

American Heritage Medicine

suffix

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

Cellulolytic.

American Heritage

affix

Of, relating to, or causing (a specified kind of) dissolution or decomposition.

Webster's New World

Undergoing hydrolysis by enzymes.

Webster's New World

Origin of Lytic

From Greek lutikos able to loosen from lūein to loosen leu- in Indo-European roots

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Gr -lytikos < lytikos, able to loose: see lysis

From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
Greek lutikos able to loosen –lytic

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

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