Lysis is the breaking down of the membrane of a cell, often by viral, enzymic, or osmotic mechanisms that compromise its integrity. A fluid containing the contents of lysed cells is called a lysate.

What is the meaning of word Lyse?

Definition of lysis

(Entry 1 of 2) 1 : the gradual decline of a disease process (such as fever) 2 : a process of disintegration or dissolution (as of cells)

What is an example of Lyse?

Lysis: Destruction. Hemolysis is the destruction of red blood cells with the release of hemoglobin; bacteriolysis is the destruction of bacteria; etc. Lysis can also refer to the subsidence of one or more symptoms of an acute disease as, for example, the lysis of fever in pneumonia.