lytic (redirected from lytic test)

lytic /lyt·ic/ (lit´ik)

1. pertaining to lysis or to a lysin.

2. producing lysis.

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lyt·ic (ltk)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or causing lysis.

2. Of or relating to a lysin.

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lytic

pertaining to lysis or a lysin.

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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.