histolyticadj.
/ˌhɪstəˈlɪtɪk/, U.S. /ˌhɪstəˈlɪdɪk/ Biology.
Of, relating to, or causing histolysis.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [adjective] > alteration of tissue > degeneration
cheese-like1634
cheesy1662
caseous1684
waxy1845
fibroid1852
histolytic1853
amyloid1859
Wallerian1877
fibrosing1879
fibrotic1893
steatogene1893
steatogenous1899
histolysing1912
blastophthoric1913
hyalinized1929
fibrosed1956
steatogenic1956
1853 R. D. Lyons in Proc. Royal Irish Acad. 1850–3 5 452 I feel confident that when the histolytic process will have been carefully and successfully studied in the chief tissues, fluids, and organs, the knowledge thus acquired will prove eminently useful in medico-legal inquiries.
1886 Edinb. Med. Jrnl. (1887) 32 i. 387 In all wasting disease the heart is liable to this histolytic change, and the muscular structure is found..undermined by this destructive process.
1942 J. Needham Biochem. & Morphogenesis ii. 308 The histolytic products of gill degeneration may be decisive in opercular perforation.
1974 Physiol. Zool 47 258/2 The increase in spherule cells during resorption of cuticle and reconstruction of tissues indicates that they may have a histolytic role.
2002 Jrnl. Animal Ecol. 71 248/1 Blood-sucking ectoparasites produce small wounds with their mouthparts and introduce saliva containing anticoagulant factors, histolytic enzymes, vasoactive amines or toxins.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adj.1853