(biology) To burst or cut a cell or cell structure; to induce lysis. / (biochemistry) To break down molecularly into smaller molecules; to induce lysis.

simple past tense and past participle of lyse

present participle of lyse

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lyse

Decorated with fleur-de-lys.

An advocate of Lysenkoism.

(evolutionary theory, historical) The doctrine that maintained that environmentally acquired characteristics could be inherited; Lamarckism. / The use of pseudoscience in furtherance of an ideology.

plural of lysenin

(biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins, from the coelomic fluid of the earthworm Eisenia foetida, that induce erythrocyte lysis.

plural of Lysenkoist