Look up: lysis

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   Lysis
   In biology, a lysis is any process that destroys a cell by rupturing its membrane or cell wall.
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   Lysis
   The destruction of the cell membrane.
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   Lysis
   A breakdown or dissolution of cells by enzyme or viruses resulting in loss of cell contents.
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   lysis
   [n] - recuperation in which the symptoms of an acute disease gradually subside 2. [n] - (biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria
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   Lysis
   Lysis: Destruction. Hemolysis is the destruction of red blood cells with the release of hemoglobin; bacteriolysis is the destruction of bacteria; etc. Lysis can also refer to the subsidence of one or more symptoms of an acute disease as, for example, the lysis of fever in pneumonia.
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   lysis
   Rupture of cell membranes and loss of cytoplasm.
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   Lysis
   Ly'sis (lī'sĭs) noun [ New Latin , from Greek ly`sis .] (Medicine) The resolution or favorable termination of a disease, coming on gradually and not marked by abrupt change. » It is usually contrasted with crisis , in which the improvement is sudden and marked; as, pneumonia ends by crisis , typhoid fever by lysis .
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   lysis
   <cell biology> Rupture of cell membranes and loss of cytoplasm. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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   lysis
   noun (biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria
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    Lysis
    `Lysis` (Greek `, `lusis` from `luein` = to separate) refers to the death of a cell by breaking of the cellular membrane, often by viral or osmotic mechanisms that compromise its integrity. A solution containing the contents of lysed cells is called a `lysate`.
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    lysis
    (li´sis) destruction, as of cells by a specific lysin. decomposition, as of a chemical compound by a specific agent. See also degradation. mobilization of an organ by division of restraining adhesions. the gradual abatement of the symptoms of a disease.
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    Lysis
    • (n.) The resolution or favorable termination of a disease, coming on gradually and not marked by abrupt change.
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    lysis
    (from the article `therapeutics`) ...the donor`s blood against that of the recipient to prove compatibility became possible. When blood with the A antigen (type A or AB) is given to ... in immunology, a complex system of more than 30 proteins that act in concert to help eliminate infectious microorganisms. Specifically, the ... [2 re...
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    Lysis
    (from the article `Plato`) ...professes to repeat a funeral oration learned from Aspasia, Pericles` mistress, is apparently meant as a satire on the patriotic distortion of ...
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