An autoantibody or other endogenous substance that lyses cells; spec. an enzyme present within a bacterial cell that breaks down components of…

A substance formed in the body during an infectious disease which has the property of destroying the specific bacterium of the disease.

any substance which causes hæmolysis.

a substance that causes cytolysis.

A hæmolysin formed in the bloodstream of an animal when blood cells from one of a different species are introduced.

= isohaemolysin n. above.

The hæmolysin of staphylococcus toxin.

= streptococcolysin n.

a hæmolysin that lyses red blood cells of other individuals of the same species as that in which it is found.

(see quot.).

any enzyme causing fibrinolysis.