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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 hemoglobin
Familiarity information: ERYTHROCYTOLYSIN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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