Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lytic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.04 in modern English

Syllables: lyt-ic
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, relating to, or causing lysis.

adj

Of or relating to lysin.

Example Sentences

"[…] a preliminary step in any paleopathological analysis is to distinguish in vivo lesions from post-depositional damage. […] generally the problem is distinguishing holes or breaks in bone that represent disease or injury from taphonomic damage. In practice, making this distinction in skeletal remains almost always relies on macroscopy. ¶ In distinguishing lytic lesions from taphonomic damage, it is the macroscopic morphology of the margins that is key."

Etymology

From lysis + -tic or lysin + -tic.

Inflected Forms

more lytic (comparative) most lytic (superlative)

Derived Forms

antilytic lytically lyticase nonlytic pyrolytic sublytic

Phrases

lytic cocktail lytic cycle lytic infection

Questions

What does lytic mean?: Of, relating to, or causing lysis.
Where does lytic come from?: From lysis + -tic or lysin + -tic.

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