'Lysis' definitions:
Definition of 'lysis'
From: WordNet
noun
Recuperation in which the symptoms of an acute disease gradually subside
noun
(biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria
Definition of 'Lysis'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Note: It is usually contrasted with crisis, in which the improvement is sudden and marked; as, pneumonia ends by crisis, typhoid fever by lysis. [1913 Webster]