-lysiscomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

A word-forming element [ < Greek λύσις a loosening, parting] in many technical terms, primarily denoting decomposition, disintegration, dissolution.

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1. In words in which the first element indicates the agent; e.g. (in Chemistry) electrolysis n. (c1840), hydrogenolysis n.; (in Biology) bacteriolysis n. 1, biolysis n.

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a. In words in which the first element indicates the substance or object affected; e.g. (in Chemistry and Biochemistry) fructolysis n., glycolysis n. (1892); (in Biology) bacteriolysis n. (sense 2), haemolysis n. (cf. lysis n. 3).

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b. In a few terms in Surgery -lysis denotes surgical detachment of a part indicated by the first element, as cardiolysis.

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3. In words in which the first element indicates some other characteristic; e.g. (in Biology) autolysis n., heterolysis n. (sense 1); (in Chemistry) heterolysis n. (sense 2), homolysis n. (catalysis n. (1836) was adopted directly from Greek κατάλυσις dissolution.)

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2018).

单词	-lysis
释义	-lysiscomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly. A word-forming element [ < Greek λύσις a loosening, parting] in many technical terms, primarily denoting decomposition, disintegration, dissolution. Categories » 1. In words in which the first element indicates the agent; e.g. (in Chemistry) electrolysis n. (c1840), hydrogenolysis n.; (in Biology) bacteriolysis n. 1, biolysis n. 2. Categories » a. In words in which the first element indicates the substance or object affected; e.g. (in Chemistry and Biochemistry) fructolysis n., glycolysis n. (1892); (in Biology) bacteriolysis n. (sense 2), haemolysis n. (cf. lysis n. 3). Categories » b. In a few terms in Surgery -lysis denotes surgical detachment of a part indicated by the first element, as cardiolysis. Categories » 3. In words in which the first element indicates some other characteristic; e.g. (in Biology) autolysis n., heterolysis n. (sense 1); (in Chemistry) heterolysis n. (sense 2), homolysis n. (catalysis n. (1836) was adopted directly from Greek κατάλυσις dissolution.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2018). < comb. form
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