Etymology

hemolysin

H4E1M3O1L1Y4S1I1N1

Today it means: Any substance (often an exotoxin) that damages the membranes of red blood cells and thus releases hemoglobin. Full definition →

English lysin ← Ancient Greek αἱμο- (haimo-)
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Ancient Greekαἷμᾰ (haîmă)
  2. Ancient Greekαἱμο- (haimo-)
  3. Englishhaemo-
  4. Englishhemo-
  5. Englishlysin
  6. English todayhemolysin

From hemo- + lysin.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.