-lysis
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-lysis
word element [Gr.], dissolution. adj., adj -lyt´ic.
-lysis
word element [Gr.], dissolution, reduction, abatement, relief.-lysis
suffix meaning a "breaking down or detachment": cytolysis, dialysis, osteolysis.
-lysis
word element. [Gr.] dissolution.