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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -lysis n combining form - indicating a loosening, decomposition, or breaking down: electrolysis, paralysis
Etymology: from Greek, from lusis a loosening; see lysis ly•sis (lī′sis),USA pronunciation n. - Biochemistry, Immunology[Immunol., Biochem.]the dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
- Medicinethe gradual recession of a disease. Cf. crisis (def. 4).
- Greek lýsis a loosening, releasing, equivalent. to ly-, variant stem of lý̄(ein) to loosen, release + -sis -sis
- Neo-Latin
- 1815–25
- a combining form with the meaning "breaking down, loosening, decomposition,'' used in the formation of compound words:analysis;electrolysis;paralysis.
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