-lyze


-lyze

suff. To cause or undergo lysis: pyrolyze.
[From -lysis.]

ly•sis

(ˈlaɪ sɪs)

n. 1. the dissolution or destruction of cells by lysins. 2. the gradual recession of a disease. Compare crisis (def. 4). [1815–25; < Greek lýsis a loosening <ly-, variant s. of ly(ein) to loosen]

-lysis

a combining form with the meanings “breakdown,” “decomposition” of or by means of the thing specified by the initial element: cytolysis; hydrolysis; photolysis. [< Greek; see lysis]