See Also: Lysis(medicine)
lysis(2)(dictionary)
antibody induced lysis(medicine)
tumour lysis syndrome(medicine)
euglobulin clot lysis time(medicine)

lysis(2) (iou)



lysis noun. . M16.
[Latin from Greek lusis loosening. In sense 2 prob. from ending of HAEMOLYSIS etc.: cf. -LYSIS.]
Medicine. A gradual resolution of a disease without apparent phenomena (opp. crisis). Now rare or obsolete. M16.
Biology. The disintegration or dissolution of cells or cell organelles; esp. the dissolution of bacterial cells brought about by bacteriophages. E20.