Etymology

lysin

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Today it means: any substance or antibody that can cause the destruction (by lysis) of blood cells, bacteria etc Full definition →

Ancient Greek λύσις
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromλύσις
  2. English todaylysin

From Ancient Greek λύσις (lúsis) + -in.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekλύσις all →

lysislysimeter-lysis

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