See Also: Lytic(medicine)
lytic(2)(dictionary)
Creole(encyclopedia)
creole(dictionary)
creole(dictionary)
lytic virus(medicine)
lytic phase(medicine)
lytic phage(medicine)
lytic pathway(medicine)
lytic infection(medicine)

lytic(2) (iou) and creole (oh)


lytic(2) (iou)



lytic adjective. L19.
[Greek lutikos able to loose: see -IC.]
Medicine. Of, pertaining to, or causing gradual resolution of a disease (cf. LYSIS 1). Now rare or obsolete. L19.
Biology. Of, pertaining to, or causing lysis of a bacterium etc. E20.
lytically adverb M20.

creole (oh)



[Date: 1700-1800; Language: French; Origin: creole, from Spanish, from Portuguese crioulo 'black person born in Brazil, Home-born slave', from criar 'to breed', from Latin creare; CREATE]
[U and C] a language that is a combination of a European language with one or more Other Languages
-see also pidgin pidgin
Creole [C] a) someone whose family was originally from both Europe and Africa
b) someone whose family were originally French settlers in the southern US
[U] Food prepared in the spicy strong-tasting style of the southern US
::shrimp creole
-- creole adj