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Definition of Lysin
1. Noun. Any substance (such as an antibody) or agent that can cause lysis.
Definition of Lysin
1. Noun. any substance or antibody that can cause the destruction (by lysis) of blood cells, bacteria etc ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lysin
1. a substance capable of disintegrating blood cells or bacteria [n -S]
Medical Definition of Lysin
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Lysin
Literary usage of Lysin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. International Medical and Surgical Surveyby American Institute of Medicine by American Institute of Medicine (1922)
"lysin formation in the cultures proceeds chiefly as a rise followed by a fall,
... No lysin or only trifling amounts are found in cultures of the highest ..."
2. A Manual of Bacteriology by Herbert Upham Williams (1908)
"It should be recalled that a lysin is the substance formed in the blood-serum
... A rabbit injected with typhoid bacilli develops lysin for typhoid bacilli; ..."
3. The Newer Knowledge of Nutrition: The Use of Food for the Preservation of by Elmer Verner McCollum (1922)
"It can confidently be predicted that a liberal addition of lysin to their poor
diet, or indeed, a liberal addition of all the essential digestion products ..."
4. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1919)
"When given subcutaneously the lysin caused a wide area of necrosis. The strain of B.
megatherium furnishing the lysin was cultivated in quantity in Todd's ..."
5. Bacteriology for Nurses by Mary Alice Smeeton (1920)
"CHAPTER XIII OPSONINS, AGGLUTININS, PRECIPITINS, lysin Opsonins. — The process
of phagocytosis has been found to depend not so much on inherent properties ..."
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