lytic
pronunciation
How to pronounce lytic in British English:
UK ['lɪtɪk]
How to pronounce lytic in American English:
US ['lɪtɪk]
Word Origin
- lytic (adj.)
- "pertaining to lysis," 1889, from Greek lytikos "able to loose, loosing," from lytos "loosed," verbal adjective of lyein "to unfasten, loose, loosen, untie" (see lose). Related: Lytically.
Example
- 1. Lytic tumors may lead to pathological fractures or deformities due to bone destruction .
- 2. These lified phages again become lytic , establishing a new equilibrium in the population .
- 3. Application of laparoscopic adhesion lytic operation in treating intestine adhesion after operations .
- 4. Lytic effects of different concentration of yz filtrate on microcystis aeruginosa .
- 5. Turnover of cytoplasmic constituents involves both synthetic and lytic processes .