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-lysis definition

-lysis (lə sis, li-)

a loosening, dissolution, dissolving, destruction catalysis, electrolysis

Etymology: < Gr lysis: see lysis

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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