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Lysis is a commonly used biological term that comes from the Greek meaning "to loosen"<ref name="[1]">lysis.definition Dictionary.com Unabridged. Cited 30 November 2016 from Dictionary.com website http://www.dictionary.com/browse/lysis</ref>. In a biological sense it means the degradation of a chemical compound (such as [[water|water]]) by a specific agent and &nbsp;it can also be the destruction of [[Cells|cells]] by a specific [[Lysin|Lysin]] (which is a substance that causes [[cell lysis|cell lysis]]) such as an [[antibody|antibody]]<ref name="[2]">lysis. (n.d.) Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health. The Seventh Edition.Published 2003. Cited 30 November 2016 from http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/lysis</ref>. An example is a [[bacteriolysin|bacteriolysin]] which leads to the lysis of [[bacterial cells|bacterial cells]].&nbsp; 

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