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lysis
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lysis has 2 senses
- lysis(n = noun.process) Array - recuperation in which the symptoms of an acute disease gradually subside; Array is a kind of convalescence, recovery, recuperation
- lysis(n = noun.process) Array - (biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria; Array has particulars: autolysis, self-digestion, bacteriolysis, cytolysis, haematolysis, haemolysis, hematolysis, hemolysis, karyolysis, necrolysis, osteolysis, radiolysis, thrombolysis
is a kind of disintegration, dissolution
CIDE DICTIONARY
lysis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ly`sis.].
The resolution or favorable termination of a disease, coming on gradually and not marked by abrupt change. [1913 Webster]
" It is usually contrasted with crisis, in which the improvement is sudden and marked; as, pneumonia ends by crisis, typhoid fever by lysis."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
lysis, n. (pl. lyses) the disintegration of a cell.
Etymology
L f. Gk lusis loosening f. luo loosen
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