lysing
Breaking cells open
Lysing is the present participle of lyse, meaning to cause or undergo lysis—the breaking open or disintegration of a cell.
In biology and medicine, cells lyse when their membranes rupture, releasing their contents: The virus works by lysing red blood cells.
The term appears in laboratory contexts involving cell destruction for analysis or in describing how pathogens damage tissue.
Disperse into liquid
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
- disperseCause to spread apart
- fragmentIncomplete portion of whole
- disintegrateBreak into fragments
rupture · degradation · decomposition · crumble · dispersion · dissociation · denature · cleavage
Causing cell destruction
- osmoticConcerning membrane diffusion
- hypotonicLower osmotic pressure
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- permeabilityAbility to transmit fluids
bursting · enzyme · antibody · complement · phagocyte · protease · liposome · saponin
Release from constraint
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- unleashingSetting free forcefully
- extricationAct of freeing
- looseningReducing tightness or tension
detachment · freeing · expulsion · contents · payload · extraction · efflux
dissolve
Disperse into liquid
disintegrate · rupture · degradation · decomposition · crumble · dispersion · dissociation · denature · cleavage · fragmentation
lytic
Causing cell destruction
permeability · bursting · enzyme · antibody · complement · phagocyte · protease · liposome · saponin · detergent
liberation
Release from constraint
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
- unleashingSetting free forcefully
- extricationAct of freeing
loosening · detachment · freeing · expulsion · contents · payload · extraction · efflux
lysingpreserving
Protecting from deterioration
protecting · stabilizing · maintaining · fortifying · sealing
lysingproliferating
Increasing rapidly in quantity
dividing · cell division · mitosis · growing · replicating
lysingsynthesizing
Combining elements into unity
assembling · forming · constructing · building · fusing
- cell lysisCell membrane destruction
- osmotic lysisCell rupture from water imbalance
analysis, paralysis, dialysis, catalysis, lysis, hydrolysis, pyrolysis, electrolysis, autolysis