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Definition of Homolysis
1. Noun. (chemistry) The decomposition of a substance without reacting with other substances ¹
2. Noun. The lysis of blood cells by homolysin ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Homolysis
1. [n -LYSES]
Medical Definition of Homolysis
1. Lysis of red blood cells by a homolysin and complement. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Homolysis
Literary usage of Homolysis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"These rates do not necessarily coincide, since the latter depends on the fate of
alkyl radicals subsequent to homolysis. If alkyl radicals are completely ..."
2. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"When methylmercury is degraded to inorganic mercury, the methyl moiety can also
be further degraded by homolysis to methyl free radicals (148). ..."
3. Second Report of the Factory Investigating Commission, 1913 by George Moses Price, James P. Whiskeman, Elizabeth C. Watson, Zenas L. Potter, Charles Baskerville, Charles F. McKenna, Charles T. Graham Rogers, John H. Vogt, George A. Hall, Pauline Dorothea Goldmark (1913)
"... quantities are 38.00-37.00 for methyl alcohol and 24.44-25.38 for ethyl alcohol:
by homolysis, ..."
4. An Introduction to the Study of Infection and Immunity: Including Chapters by Charles Edmund Simon (1912)
"... various reagents, it is essential to use chemically pure sodium chloride.
Some of the tablets furnished by dealers will cause homolysis in themselves. ..."
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