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n. Biochemistry The dissolution or destruction of cells, such as blood cells or bacteria, as by the action of a specific lysin that disrupts the cell membrane.

n. Medicine The gradual subsiding of the symptoms of an acute disease.

n. A gradual recovery from disease (opposed to crisis).

n. The disintegration or destruction of cells

n. The resolution or favorable termination of a disease, coming on gradually and not marked by abrupt change.

n. In medicine, the gradual recession of a disease, as distinguished from crisis, in which the change for the better is more abrupt.

n. In architecture, a plinth or step above the cornice of the podium of some Roman temples. When present in a columnar edifice, it constitutes the stylobate proper.

n. The dissolution of various cells by means of lysins.

n. recuperation in which the symptoms of an acute disease gradually subside

n. (biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria

"Lysostaphin works by first attaching itself to the bacterial cell wall and then slicing open the cell wall (the enzyme's name derives from the Greek "lysis" meaning "to loosen or release")."

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