Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

histolysis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: his-tol-y-sis
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

breakdown of bodily tissues

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Ancient Greek ῐ̔στός (hĭstós)bor. English histo- Ancient Greek λῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)der. English -lysis English histolysis From histo- + -lysis.

Usage

Inflected Forms

histolyses (plural)

Rhymes With

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

Questions

What does histolysis mean?: breakdown of bodily tissues
Where does histolysis come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Ancient Greek ῐ̔στός (hĭstós)bor. English histo- Ancient Greek λῠ́σῐς (lŭ́sĭs)der. English -lysis English histolysis From histo- + -lysis.

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