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CYTOLYSIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Pathological breakdown of cells by the destruction of their outer membrane
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("cytolysis" is a kind of...):
lysis ((biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria)
Derivation:
cytolytic (of or relating to cytolysis, the dissolution or destruction of a cell)
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