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[Smith, Allen]

Lyses is the the third person singular of the verb "to lyse".  It means "to
cause the breakdown of."  E.g., "Complement lyses bacteria," or, "Diastase
lyses glycogen."  
Once in a blue moon, lyses is used as the plural of lysis, which is Latin
for dissolving.  In English, lysis usually means breakdown.  In chemistry,
it means the splitting of a compound into two parts.  In biology, it means
the death of a cell and the disappearance of its parts.
 
Allen A. Smith, Ph.D.
Professor of Anatomy
School of Graduate Medical Sciences
Barry University
Miami Shores, FL 

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	can anyone explain to me what lyses is....i have come across this
term several times while studying for my exam. 

           
                       
                
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