lyses
Breaks cells open
Lyses is the third-person singular of lyse, meaning to cause or undergo lysis—the breaking down or destruction of cells.
In biology and medicine, a virus lyses a host cell when it bursts through the membrane, or antibiotics lyse bacteria by disrupting their cell walls: The bacteriophage lyses the bacterial cell to release new viral particles.
Red blood cell destruction
- cytolysisCell destruction by rupture
- cell deathCessation of cellular life
- proteolysisEnzymatic protein breakdown
- lipolysisMetabolic fat decomposition
Accelerating reactions without consumption
- substrateUnderlying supporting material
- proteaseProtein-cleaving enzyme
- lipaseFat-dissolving enzyme
- nucleaseDNA-cleaving enzyme
amylase · peptidase · esterase · phosphatase · active site · cleavage · bond breaking · hydrolase
Amino acid connection
- ester bondAcid-alcohol chemical linkage
- depolymerizationPolymer breakdown into monomers
Agent dissolving blood clots
- clot dissolutionBreakdown of coagulated blood
- lithotripsyShattering calculi with soundwaves
- debridementRemoving damaged tissue surgically
hemolysis
Red blood cell destruction
- cytolysisCell destruction by rupture
- cell deathCessation of cellular life
- proteolysisEnzymatic protein breakdown
catalysis
Accelerating reactions without consumption
nuclease · amylase · peptidase · esterase · phosphatase · active site · cleavage · bond breaking · hydrolase · lysate
peptide bond
Amino acid connection
- ester bondAcid-alcohol chemical linkage
- depolymerizationPolymer breakdown into monomers
thrombolytic
Agent dissolving blood clots
- clot dissolutionBreakdown of coagulated blood
- lithotripsyShattering calculi with soundwaves
- debridementRemoving damaged tissue surgically
lysessynthesizes
Combines elements into unified whole
grows · divides · proliferates · replicates · survives
lysesfuses
Joins or safety wires
coalesces · assembles · integrates · forms · aggregates
- cell lysisCell membrane destruction
- osmotic lysisCell rupture from water imbalance
dialysis, lysis, hydrolysis, lysosome, lyse, autolysis, lysosomes, lysed, autolyse