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lyze

lyze is the alternative form of lyse.

Meaning of lyse

Verb

lyse (third-person singular simple present lyses, present participle lysing, simple past and past participle lysed)

  1. To burst or cut a cell or cell structure; to induce lysis.
  2. To break down molecularly into smaller molecules; to induce lysis.

See all 3 meanings of lyse

Forms of lyze

third-person singular presentlyzes
present participlelyzing
past participlelyzed
pastlyzed

Words formed from lyze

Questions about lyze

What is lyze the alternative form of?
Lyze is the alternative form of lyse.

Words near lyze in the dictionary

  1. lyxoside
  2. lyxosides
  3. lyxulose
  4. lyxuloses
  5. lyzable
  6. lyze
  7. lyzed
  8. lyzes
  9. lyzing
  10. LZ
  11. LZMA

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lyze (page history and authors); lyse (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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