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cytolysin
cytolysin n.
Brit. 
/ˌsʌɪtə(ʊ)ˈlʌɪsɪn/
, /ˌsʌɪtə(ʊ)ˈlʌɪsɪn/U.S. /ˌsaɪdoʊˈlaɪsn/
(also cytolysine) a substance that causes cytolysis./ˌsaɪdoʊˈlaɪsn/ΘΚΠ
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autolysin1900
bacteriolysin1900
haemolysin1900
cytolysin1901
heterolysin1901
isolysin1901
staphylolysin1904
streptolysin1904
isohaemolysin1905
syncytiolysin1913
fibrinolysin1915
1901 17th Ann. Rep. Bureau Animal Industry 1900 (U.S. Dept. Agric.) 257 Some more recent researches have treated of an important class of cellular poisons, represented in particular by the bacteriolysines, the hemlysines [sic], and the cytolysines.
1937 Times Lit. Suppl. 6 Mar. 173/2 Prominent among the mobile agents for defence found in the blood stream are the cytolysins.
2000 W. R. Kem in P. L. Williams et al. Princ. Toxicol. (ed. 2) xvii. 414 Cytolysins are cytotoxins that create an osmotic imbalance, causing cell swelling and subsequently cell lysis.
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