streptolysin

[strep-tuh-lahy-sin]

noun

Bacteriology.

1. a type of hemolysin produced by certain species of streptococcus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of streptolysin¹

1900–05; strepto- (representing generic names which begin with this element, as Streptococcus ) + (hemo)lysin

Example Sentences

They found that a toxin it produces, called streptolysin S, is crucial for stimulating pain-sensing neurons to fire, which in turn sends signals to immune cells in the infected tissue.

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