streptolysin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various exotoxins that destroy red blood cells by breaking their membranes, and are produced by certain strains of streptococcus

Word forms

streptolysin streptolysins

Etymology

From strepto- + lysin.

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