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lysis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈlaɪsɪs/ (UK)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-der. Ancient Greek λύω (lúō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek λῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)der. Latin lysisbor. English lysis From Latin lysis, from Ancient Greek λύσις (lúsis, “a loosening”). Compare -lysis.

Meanings

  1. A plinth or step above the cornice of the podium in an ancient temple.
  2. The breakdown of molecules into constituent molecules.
  3. The disintegration or destruction of cells.
  4. A gradual recovery from disease.
    • The older medicine used to speak of two ways, lysis and crisis, one gradual, the other abrupt, in which one might recover from a bodily disease. 1902, William James, “Lecture VIII: The Divided Self, and the Process of Its Unification”, in The Varieties of Religious Experience: A Study in Human Nature […] , New York, N.Y.; London: Longmans, Green, and Co. […], →OCLC, page 183:

Deriveds

isolysis · nitrolysis · antilysis · Lysol · dermatolysis · lysine · carcinolysis · lyterian · immunolysis · xylanolysis · euglobulin clot lysis time · euglobulin lysis time · phosphorolysis · dyslysin

Relateds

lyse · -lysis

Translations (19)

pt lise ((chemistry) destruction of cells) · pt lise ((medicine) gradual recovery from disease) · ru ли́зис ((medicine) gradual recovery from disease) · ru ли́зис ((chemistry) destruction of cells) · cs lyze ((chemistry) destruction of cells) · ca lisi ((chemistry) destruction of cells) · cmn 裂解 ((chemistry) destruction of cells) · fr lyse ((chemistry) destruction of cells) · cmn 溶解 ((chemistry) destruction of cells) · de Lysen ((medicine) gradual recovery from disease) · es lisis ((chemistry) destruction of cells) · ar اِنْحِلَال ((chemistry) destruction of cells) · de Lysis ((medicine) gradual recovery from disease) · fr rémission ((medicine) gradual recovery from disease) · ca lisi ((medicine) gradual recovery from disease) · eo lizo ((chemistry) destruction of cells) · el λύση ((chemistry) destruction of cells) · de Lyse ((chemistry) destruction of cells) · cs lýza ((chemistry) destruction of cells)