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Definition of Hemolysis

1. Noun. Lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin.

Definition of Hemolysis

1. Noun. (medicine) The destruction of red blood cells, and subsequent release of hemoglobin, at the normal end of the cell's life. ¹

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Definition of Hemolysis

1. [n -LYSES]

Medical Definition of Hemolysis

1. Disruption of the integrity of the red cell membrane causing release of haemoglobin. Haemolysis may be caused by bacterial haemolysins, by antibodies that cause complement dependent lysis, by placing red cells in a hypotonic solution or by defects in the red cell membrane. Origin: Gr. Lysis = dissolution This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

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Literary usage of Hemolysis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1922)
"hemolysis occurred in some cases so rapidly that it was impossible to make accurate ... hemolysis of this sort must have been frequently observed by others, ..."

2. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"Potassium chlorid 0.03 " " hemolysis Caused by the Action of Hemolysins. ... In more recent literature the term hemolysis has replaced that of ..."

3. A Practical Text-book of Infection, Immunity, and Specific Therapy: With by John Albert Kolmer (1915)
"SERUM hemolysis IN VITRO 1. Secure 2 cc of blood from the ear of a rabbit ... (c) Why did hemolysis occur with the unheated and not with the heated serum? ..."

4. Pathological physiology of internal diseases by Albion Walter Hewlett (1916)
"Causes of hemolysis In many respects the red blood corpuscles behave as if ... This process is called hemolysis. Many substances will cause an escape of ..."

5. Chemical Pathology: Being a Discussion of General Pathology from the by Harry Gideon Wells (1914)
"Also, the serum of persons suffering from various diseases, especially mental diseases, inhibits the hemolysis of human corpuscles by cobra venom.80 Eel ..."

6. Monographic Medicine by Albion Walter Hewlett, Henry Leopold Elsner (1916)
"Causes of hemolysis In many respects the red blood corpuscles behave as if they were surrounded by semipermeable membranes which allow certain substances to ..."

7. Pathogenic microorganisms by William Hallock Park (1920)
"Complete absence of hemolysis in tube 1, faint hemolysis in tube 2 = + ++, ... Partial hemolysis in tube 1, complete or nearly complete hemolysis in tube 2 ..."

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