"lysis" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

Recuperation in which the symptoms of an acute disease gradually subside (synset 113531046)
is a type of: convalescence, recovery, recuperation - gradual healing (through rest) after sickness or injury
(biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria (synset 113530731)
referred to in: biochemistry - the organic chemistry of compounds and processes occurring in organisms; the effort to understand biology within the context of chemistry

is a type of: disintegration, dissolution - separation into component parts
subtypes:
- autolysis, self-digestion - lysis of plant or animal tissue by an internal process
- bacteriolysis - dissolution or destruction of bacteria
- cytolysis - pathological breakdown of cells by the destruction of their outer membrane
- haematolysis, haemolysis, hematolysis, hemolysis - lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin
- karyolysis - disintegration and dissolution of a cell nucleus when a cell dies
- necrolysis - disintegration and dissolution of dead tissue
- osteolysis - lysis of bone caused by disease or infection or inadequate blood supply
- radiolysis - molecular disintegration resulting from radiation
- thrombolysis - the process of breaking up and dissolving blood clots