hemolytic

English

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Adjective

hemolytic (comparative more hemolytic, superlative most hemolytic)

1. Producing hemolysis; destroying red blood cells.
   • 1903 September, W. D. Miller, “Further experiments relating to the question of immunity”, in The Dental Cosmos: A Monthly Record Of Dental Science, volume 48, number 9, page 691:

     It has been accordingly suggested that the hemolytic action of the saliva is due to the presence of certain salts.

Derived terms

• antihemolytic
• cohemolytic
• enterohemolytic
• hemolytical
• hemolytic disease
• hemolytic-uremic syndrome
• hyperhemolytic
• immunohemolytic
• nonhemolytic
• photohemolytic
• subhemolytic

Related terms

• hemolysin
• hemolysis

Translations

producing hemolysis

Finnish: hemolyyttinen (fi) French: hémolytique (fr) German: hämolytisch (de) Greek: αιμολυτικός (el) (aimolytikós) Indonesian: hemolitik Portuguese: hemolítico Romanian: hemolitic (ro) Spanish: hemolítico Swedish: hemolytisk (sv) Turkish: hemolitik

Further reading

• “hemolytic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.