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spirochetolysin

spirochetolysin noun: an agent (substance) that performs spirochetolysis, that is, one that lyses spirochetes.

Noun

spirochetolysin (countable and uncountable, plural spirochetolysins)

  1. An agent (substance) that performs spirochetolysis, that is, one that lyses spirochetes.
    • The man who recognized the spirochetolysis of pathogenic tissue spirochetes was probably only Bergel. He reported that the lipolytic ferment excreted from lymphatic cells may cause the spirochetolysis destroying the lipoid membrane of the spirochetes, and this plays the main role in the protective...1955, T Tani, M Matsubara, T Hayashi, “Pfeiffer's phenomenon of syphilis spirochetes and active immunization against syphilis”, in Japanese Journal of Medical Science and Biology, volume 8, number 3...

Forms of spirochetolysin

pluralspirochetolysins

Origin of spirochetolysin

From spirochetolysis + -in or spirochete + -o- + lyse + -in.

Questions about spirochetolysin

What does spirochetolysin mean?
Spirochetolysin means an agent (substance) that performs spirochetolysis, that is, one that lyses spirochetes.
What part of speech is spirochetolysin?
Spirochetolysin is a noun.
What is the plural of spirochetolysin?
The plural of spirochetolysin is spirochetolysins.

Words near spirochetolysin in the dictionary

  1. spirocheticide
  2. spirocheticides
  3. spirochetocidal
  4. spirochetocide
  5. spirochetocides
  6. spirochetolysin
  7. spirochetolysins
  8. spirochetolysis
  9. spirochetolytic
  10. spirochetoses
  11. spirochetosis

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