Meanings
nouncytolysis (usually uncountable, plural cytolyses)
plural cytolyses
- uncountableusuallyThe pathological breakdown of a cell due to the bursting of the cell membrane caused by osmosis
Origin
- Ancient Greekκύτος (kútos)
- Englishcyto-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Ancient Greekλύω (lúō)
- Ancient Greekλῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)
- Englishcytolysis
Translations
Arabic اِنْحِلَال خَلَوِيّ
- اِنْحِلَال خَلَوِيّ (inḥilāl ḵalawiyy)the pathological breakdown of a cell due to the bursting of the cell membrane caused by osmosis
Czech plazmoptýza, cytolýza
- plazmoptýzathe pathological breakdown of a cell due to the bursting of the cell membrane caused by osmosis
- cytolýzathe pathological breakdown of a cell due to the bursting of the cell membrane caused by osmosis
French cytolyse
- cytolysethe pathological breakdown of a cell due to the bursting of the cell membrane caused by osmosis
German Zytolyse
- Zytolysethe pathological breakdown of a cell due to the bursting of the cell membrane caused by osmosis
Portuguese citólise
- citólisethe pathological breakdown of a cell due to the bursting of the cell membrane caused by osmosis
Russian цитолиз
- цитолиз (tsytolyz)the pathological breakdown of a cell due to the bursting of the cell membrane caused by osmosis
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with cytolysis
hydrolysiselectrolysisproteolysispyrolysisglycolysishemolysisrhabdomyolysisautolysisosteolysisglycogenolysisacantholysisacetolysisachromatolysisacidolysisadipolysisalcoholysisangiolysisbacteriolysiscardiolysischemolysischromatolysiscollagenolysisenterolysiserythrolysis
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
cytolysis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cytolysis
MLA
“cytolysis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cytolysis. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cytolysis,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cytolysis.
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