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lytic /lyt·ic/ (lit´ik)
1. pertaining to lysis or to a lysin.
2. producing lysis.

lyt·ic (ltk)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or causing lysis.
2. Of or relating to a lysin.

lytic
pertaining to lysis or a lysin.

lytic necrosis
local products of tissue destruction are reduced to liquid form.
lytic test
a simple method of cross-matching blood for transfusion in species that show little tendency to agglutinate, e.g. cattle, sheep and horses. Incompatibility causes hemolysis of red cells from either donor or recipient in the serum of the other.


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The study that we have announced today, which is evaluating the intra-arterial administration of microplasmin, is designed to demonstrate the rapid lytic action of this unique direct-acting thrombolytic in the setting of acute ischemic stroke.
Imaging with CT, MRI, and angiography can differentiate this tumor from other possible pathologies, such as an aneurysmal formation, vascular tumor, lipomata, or a lytic lesion in the temporal bone or infratemporal fossa, such as a cholesteatoma, meningioma, metastasis, ossifying fibroma, osteosarcoma, or fibrous dysplasia.
When his symptoms did not improve, a cervical spine radiograph showed a lytic lesion of the fifth cervical vertebra.
 
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