he·mol·y·sin

(hē-mol'i-sin)

1. Any substance elaborated by a living agent and capable of lysing red blood cells and liberating their hemoglobin.
Synonym(s): erythrocytolysin, erythrolysin, haemolysin.

2. A sensitizing (complement-fixing) antibody that combines with red blood cells of the antigenic type that stimulated formation of the hemolysin, so that complement fixes with the antibody-cell union and causes dissolution of the cells.

Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

haemolysin

a property of blood serum which can destroy red blood cells.

Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005

he·mol·y·sin

(hē-mol'i-sin)

1. Any substance elaborated by a living agent and capable of lysing red blood cells and liberating their hemoglobin.
Synonym(s): erythrocytolysin, erythrolysin, haemolysin.

2. A sensitizing (complement-fixing) antibody that combines with red blood cells of the antigenic type that stimulated formation of the hemolysin.
Synonym(s): haemolysin.

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