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  • lyse
    lyse
    verb (used with object)
    to cause dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.
  • -lyse
    -lyse
    variant of -lyze.

lyse

1 American  
[lahys] / laɪs /

verb (used with object)

lysed, lysing

  1. to cause dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins.

verb (used without object)

lysed, lysing

  1. to undergo lysis.

-lyse 2 American  
Chiefly British.

  1. variant of -lyze.

lyse British  
/ laɪz, laɪs /

verb

  1. to undergo or cause to undergo lysis

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Etymology

Origin of lyse

1925–30; back formation from lysin or lysis

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