CYTOLYSIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cytolysin mean? 

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

1. a substance that partly or completely destroys animal cells

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CYTOLYSIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A substance that partly or completely destroys animal cells

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

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

lysin (any substance (such as an antibody) or agent that can cause lysis)

 Context examples 

Administration of E. faecalis-targeting bacteriophage also significantly reduced levels of cytolysin in the liver.

(Bacteriophage therapy may ease severity of alcoholic hepatitis, National Institutes of Health)

Further studies of E. faecalis, showed that cytolysin, a toxin secreted by specific E. faecalis strains, killed liver cells and caused liver damage in a mouse model of alcohol-associated liver disease.

(Bacteriophage therapy may ease severity of alcoholic hepatitis, National Institutes of Health)