hemolysis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The destruction of red blood cells, and subsequent release of hemoglobin, at the normal end of the cell's life.

Word forms

hemolysis hemolyses haemolysis hæmolysis

Etymology

From hemo- + -lysis, from Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + λύσις (lúsis, “loosening”).

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