English Explanatory Dictionary

lyso-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. lysis; breakdown, disintegration

Word forms

lyso-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-der. Ancient Greek λύω (lúō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek λῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)bor. English lyso- Borrowed from Ancient Greek λῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs, “a loosening”).

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