autolysin
/ɔːˈtɒlɪsɪn/Medicine and Bacteriology
noun
An autoantibody or other endogenous substance that lyses cells; specifically an enzyme present within a bacterial cell that breaks down components of the cell.
Origin
Early 20th century. From auto- + lysin, after German Autolysin.
- tell someone's fortune
- tell someone where to get off (or where they get off)
- tell someone where to put (or what to do with) something
- tell something a mile off
- telltale
- telltale clock
- telltale compass
- telltale pipe
- tell tales
- tell that to the marines
- tell the time (or tell time)
- tell t'other from which
- tell-truth
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- telluretted
- tellurian
- telluric
- telluric acid
- telluric oxide
- telluride
- tellurion
- tellurism
- tellurite
- tellurium
- tellurium chloride