Lysis

English

Etymology

From the Latin lysis, from the Ancient Greek λύσις (“‘a loosening’”); cf. -lysis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈlaɪsɪs/

Noun

Singular Lysis

Plural -

Lysis (-)

1. (medicine, pathology) A gradual recovery from disease (opposed to crisis).
   • 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 157:

     The older medicine used to speak of two ways, lysis and crisis, one gradual, the other abrupt, in which one might recover from a bodily disease.

2. (chemistry) The disintegration or destruction of cells

Related terms

• -lysis

Anagrams

• ilssy,
• sylis

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