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hemolysis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.04 in modern English

Syllables
hemol-y-sis
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The destruction of red blood cells, and subsequent release of hemoglobin, at the normal end of the cell's life.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek αἷμᾰ (haîmă) Ancient Greek αἱμο- (haimo-) English haemo- English hemo- Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-der. Ancient Greek λύω (lúō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σις (-sis) Ancient Greek λῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)der. English -lysis English hemolysis From hemo- + -lysis, from Ancient Greek αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + λύσις (lúsis, “loosening”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

hemolyses (plural) haemolysis (alternative) hæmolysis (alternative)

Derived Forms

autohemolysis hyperhemolysis photohemolysis thermohemolysis

Synonyms

haemolysis hematolysis haematolysis

Rhymes With

hydrolysis electrolysis glycolysis pyrolysis proteolysis rhabdomyolysis autolysis osteolysis glycogenolysis heterolysis histolysis cytolysis

Questions

What does hemolysis mean?
The destruction of red blood cells, and subsequent release of hemoglobin, at the normal end of the cell's life.
Where does hemolysis come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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