lysis

See also: -lysis

English

Etymology

From the Latin lysis, from the Ancient Greek λύσις (lúsis, “a loosening”); compare -lysis.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlaɪsɪs/

Noun

lysis

1. (medicine, pathology) 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.

2. (biochemistry) The disintegration or destruction of cells
3. (biochemistry) The breakdown of molecules into constituent molecules
4. (architecture) A plinth or step above the cornice of the podium in an ancient temple.

Related terms

• lyse
• -lysis

Translations

(medicine) gradual recovery from disease

• Catalan: lisi f
• French: rémission (fr) f

• Portuguese: lise f
• Russian: ли́зис (ru) m (lízis)

(chemistry) destruction of cells

• Catalan: lisi f
• Esperanto: lizo (eo)
• French: lyse (fr) f
• Greek: λύση (el) f (lýsi)

• Portuguese: lise f
• Russian: ли́зис (ru) m (lízis)
• Spanish: lisis f

Anagrams

• Lissy, sylis

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Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek λύσις (lúsis).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈly.sis/, [ˈl̪ʏ.s̠ɪs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.sis/, [ˈliː.zis]

Noun

lysis f (genitive lysis or lyseōs or lysios); third declension

1. loosening
2. rupture (breaking away)

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lysis	lysēs lyseis
Genitive	lysis lyseōs lysios	lysium
Dative	lysī	lysibus
Accusative	lysim lysin lysem1	lysēs lysīs
Ablative	lysī lyse1	lysibus
Vocative	lysis lysi	lysēs lyseis

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Descendants

• English: lysis

References

• lysis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lysis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• lysis in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎^[1]
• lysis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lysis in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• lysis in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly