cytolysin

[ sahy-tol-uh-sin, sahyt-l-ahy-sin ]

nounBiochemistry.
  1. any substance that produces cytolysis.

Origin of cytolysin

1
First recorded in 1900–05; cytolys(is) + -in1

Words Nearby cytolysin

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How to use cytolysin in a sentence

  • The latter term is the one generally used and there is said to be present in the blood a specific cytolysin.

    The Fundamentals of Bacteriology | Charles Bradfield Morrey

British Dictionary definitions for cytolysin

cytolysin

/ (saɪˈtɒlɪsɪn) /


noun
  1. a substance that can partially or completely destroy animal cells

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