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Definition of "lyse" [lyse]

  • To undergo or cause to undergo lysis. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "lyse" in a sentence
  • "In an important difference, bacteria killed this way did not lyse, or break apart, as they did under the influence of membrane-disrupting drugs."
  • "She has a lys on her chest and lyse around the besagues small round 'shields' laced to the mail at the shoulder to defend the armpit. contrary to modern belief armor of the time was about 50 lbs or so."
  • "However, when viruses lyse bacteria, the nutrients are released in the water column within the organic compounds which were present in the cell."
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