Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Lysis"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lysis \Ly"sis\ (l[imac]"s[i^]s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ly`sis.]
(Med.)
The resolution or favorable termination of a disease, coming
on gradually and not marked by abrupt change.
Note: It is usually contrasted with crisis, in which the
improvement is sudden and marked; as, pneumonia ends by
crisis, typhoid fever by lysis.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lysis
n 1: recuperation in which the symptoms of an acute disease
gradually subside
2: (biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as
blood cells or bacteria
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