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cytolysis

American

[sahy-tol-uh-sis] / saɪˈtɒl ə sɪs /

noun

Physiology.

the dissolution or degeneration of cells.

cytolysis British

/ ˌsaɪtəˈlɪtɪk, saɪˈtɒlɪsɪs /

noun

cytology the dissolution of cells, esp by the destruction of their membranes

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Other Word Forms

cytolytic adjective

Etymology

Origin of cytolysis

First recorded in 1905–10; cyto- + -lysis

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The writer believes that the subsequent treatment of the egg with hypertonic sea-water is needed only to overcome the destructive effects of this partial cytolysis.

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Many pathologists assume that haemolysis or cytolysis is due to a liquefaction of certain fatty or fat-like compounds, the so-called lipoids, in the cell.

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It is well known that the blood corpuscles, as a rule, undergo cytolysis if injected into the blood of an animal which belongs to a different family.

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Some substance contained in the blood causes, presumably, a superficial cytolysis of the egg and thus starts its development.

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