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What is lysis?

What is lysis? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (medicine) A gradual recovery from disease (opposed to crisis).
  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.
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The investigators derived the protoplasts from GAS by treating the GAS with phage lysin in a hypertonic medium, to prevent lysis.
This process leads to cell lysis and the loss of intracellular contents necessary for cell survival.
Inhibition of cell wall synthesis by penicillin resulted in disruption of the cell wall and lysis of the cell.
The patient was treated with methotrexate and leukovorin calcium, and tumor lysis syndrome with acute renal failure occurred.
This leads to late diagnosis, with progressive bone lysis affecting important circumjacent structures.
Recombinant plasmids were purified from overnight cultures using the alkaline lysis technique.

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