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Lys

[lees]
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noun
  1. a river in W Europe, in N France and W Belgium, flowing NE into the Scheldt River at Ghent. 120 miles (195 km) long.

lyse

[lahys]Immunology, Biochemistry
verb (used with object), lysed, lys·ing.
  1. to cause dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
verb (used without object), lysed, lys·ing.
  1. to undergo lysis.

Origin of lyse

1925–30; back formation from lysin or lysis

lysis

[lahy-sis]
noun, plural ly·ses [lahy-seez] /ˈlaɪ siz/.
  1. Immunology, Biochemistry. the dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
  2. Medicine/Medical. the gradual recession of a disease.Compare crisis(def 4).

Origin of lysis

1815–25; < New Latin < Greek lýsis a loosening, releasing, equivalent to ly-, variant stem of lȳ́(ein) to loosen, release + -sis -sis
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Examples from the Web for lyses

Historical Examples

  • We soon traversed the Champs lyses, and entered the open country.

    Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II)

    Charles James Lever

  • It is as attractive as Unter den Linden or the Champs lyses.

    Rambles on the Riviera

    Francis Miltoun

  • What a crowd of them in the Champs lyses and out near the Bois.

    The Art of Entertaining

    M. E. W. Sherwood

  • Her cab passed the bridge of La Concorde and entered the Champs lyses.

    Two banks of the Seine

    Fernand Vandrem

  • If he's still alive, he lives in Paris, in a little street off the Champs lyses.

    Trilby

    George Du Maurier

British Dictionary definitions for lyses

lyse

verb
  1. to undergo or cause to undergo lysis

lysis

noun plural -ses (-siːz)
  1. the destruction or dissolution of cells by the action of a particular lysin
  2. med the gradual reduction in severity of the symptoms of a disease

Word Origin

C19: New Latin, from Greek, from luein to release
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Word Origin and History for lyses

lyse

v.

1927, back-formation from lysis.

lysis

n.

"dissolution of cells, bacteria, etc.," 1902, from Latin lysis, from Greek lysis "a loosening," from lyein "to unfasten, loose, loosen, untie" (see lose).

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lyses in Medicine

Lys

abbr.
  1. lysine

lyse

(līs, līz)
v.
  1. To undergo or cause to undergo lysis.

lysis

(lī′sĭs)
n. pl. ly•ses (-sēz)
  1. The gradual subsiding of the symptoms of an acute disease; a form of the recovery process.
  2. The dissolution or destruction of cells, such as blood cells or bacteria, as by the action of a specific lysin.
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lyses in Science

lysis

[lī′sĭs]
  1. The disintegration of a cell resulting from destruction of its membrane by a chemical substance, especially an antibody or enzyme.
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