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ERYTHROCYTOLYSIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does erythrocytolysin mean? 

ERYTHROCYTOLYSIN (noun)
  The noun ERYTHROCYTOLYSIN has 1 sense:

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

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ERYTHROCYTOLYSIN (noun)


Sense 1

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 ("erythrocytolysin" 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 "erythrocytolysin"):

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


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