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isolysis

isolysis noun: the breakdown of cells due to the action of an isolysin and its antigen.

Noun

isolysis (uncountable)

  1. The breakdown of cells due to the action of an isolysin and its antigen.

Origin of isolysis

From iso- + lysis.

Questions about isolysis

What does isolysis mean?
Isolysis means the breakdown of cells due to the action of an isolysin and its antigen.
What part of speech is isolysis?
Isolysis is a noun.

Words near isolysis in the dictionary

  1. isoluminous
  2. isolurane
  3. isolux
  4. isolysin
  5. isolysins
  6. isolysis
  7. isolytic
  8. Isom
  9. isomagnetic
  10. isomalabaricane
  11. isomalabaricanes

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