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Definition of Lysis

1. Noun. Recuperation in which the symptoms of an acute disease gradually subside.

2. Noun. (biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria.

Definition of Lysis

1. n. The resolution or favorable termination of a disease, coming on gradually and not marked by abrupt change.

Definition of Lysis

1. Noun. (medicine pathology) A gradual recovery from disease (opposed to '''crisis'''). ¹

2. Noun. (chemistry) The disintegration or destruction of cells ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lysis

1. the disintegration of cells by lysins [n LYSES]

Medical Definition of Lysis

1. Rupture of cell membranes and loss of cytoplasm. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lysis

lysine epsilon-dehydrogenase lysine intolerance lysine monooxygenase lysine racemase lysinemia lysines lysing lysinium lysinoalanine lysinogen

lysinogenic lysins lysinuria lysinuric lysinuric protein intolerance lysis (current term) lyso- lysoamidase lysobactin lysobactins

lysocephalin lysocline lysoclines lysogen lysogenesis lysogenic lysogenic bacteria lysogenic bacterium lysogenic conversion lysogenic cycle

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