lytic
[lit-ik]
- of, noting, or pertaining to lysis or a lysin.
Origin of lytic
-lytic
- a combining form occurring in adjectives that correspond to nouns ending in -lysis: analytic; paralytic.
Origin of -lytic
see origin at lytic
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Third, lytic agents in the blood serum may play the chief rle in the liberation of the toxic agent from its non-toxic combination.
Handbook of Medical EntomologyWilliam Albert Riley
lytic
- relating to, causing, or resulting from lysis
- of or relating to a lysin
Word Origin
C19: Greek lutikos capable of loosing
-lytic
- indicating a loosening or dissolvingparalytic
Word Origin
from Greek, from lusis; see -lysis
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Word Origin and History for lytic
adj.
"pertaining to lysis," 1889, from Greek lytikos "able to loose, loosing," from lytos "loosed," verbal adjective of lyein "to unfasten, loose, loosen, untie" (see lose). Related: Lytically.
-lytic
word-forming element used in making adjectives corresponding to nouns in -lysis, from Greek -lytikos, from lytikos "able to loose, loosing," from lytos "loosed," verbal adjective of lyein "to unfasten, loose, loosen, untie" (see lose).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
lytic
(lĭt′ĭk)
- Of, relating to, or causing lysis.
- Of or relating to a lysin.
-lytic
- Of, relating to, or causing a specified kind of decomposition:lymphatolytic.
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