Definition of "lysed" [lysed]

• Simple past tense and past participle of lyse. (verb)

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• "This is tissue damage caused by toxins in the venom: muscle cells broken apart "lysed"; blood vessels disrupted and blood cells burst; connective tissue dissolved."
• "Or they can pick up, from their environments, free DNA released by other bacteria that have died and lysed or broken open, a process called transformation.24"
• "Wherever the bacteria lysed—burst apart and died—was a signal that the strain in the dish was vulnerable to those phages."