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HEMOLYSIN

Dictionary entry overview: What does hemolysin mean?

• HEMOLYSIN (noun)
The noun HEMOLYSIN has 1 sense:

1. any substance that can cause lysis (destruction) of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their hemoglobin

Familiarity information: HEMOLYSIN used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HEMOLYSIN (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any substance that can cause lysis (destruction) of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their hemoglobin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

erythrocytolysin; erythrolysin; haemolysin; hemolysin

Hypernyms ("hemolysin" is a kind of...):

organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hemolysin"):

streptolysin (any of several hemolysins derived from strains of streptococcus)

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