lysate

American  

[lahy-seyt] / ˈlaɪ seɪt /

noun

Biochemistry.

1. the mixture of substances formed by the lysis of cells.

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Etymology

Origin of lysate

First recorded in 1920–25; lys(is) + -ate ¹

Example Sentences

To simplify the process, the researchers tested a second version using killed tumor cells, called tumor lysate, derived directly from the cancer itself.

From Science Daily • Oct. 13, 2025

The horseshoe crabs are valuable because their blood can be manufactured into limulus amebocyte lysate, or LAL, that is used to detect pathogens in indispensable medicines such as injectable antibiotics.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2023

Scientists harnessed nature’s ingenuity, using crab blood to make so-called amebocyte lysate endotoxin tests which, by the 1970s, began displacing tests on rabbits that were injected with medicine then monitored for fever.

From Reuters • Aug. 1, 2019

Human skeletal myoblast lysate was purchased from ZenBio TCE-SKB and lysate from differentiated human skeletal myotubes was purchased from ZenBio TCE-SKM.

From Nature • Mar. 21, 2017

However it works, the liquid crystal approach has a specific advantage over limulus amoebocyte lysate and similar tests: It does not require living organisms.

From US News • Jun. 30, 2011