Lysis
WordNet
noun
(1) (biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria
(2) Recuperation in which the symptoms of an acute disease gradually subside
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Etymology
From , from .
Noun
- A gradual recovery from disease (opposed to crisis).
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 157:
- The older medicine used to speak of two ways, lysis and crisis, one gradual, the other abrupt, in which one might recover from a bodily disease.
- 1902, William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience, Folio Society 2008, p. 157:
- The disintegration or destruction of cells