bacteriolysis
(noun) dissolution or destruction of bacteria
Source: WordNet® 3.1
bacteriolysis (usually uncountable, plural bacteriolyses)
The destruction of bacteria by lysis
Source: Wiktionary
Bac*te`ri*ol"y*sis, n. [NL.; fr. Gr. , , a staff + a loosing.]
1. Chemical decomposition brought about by bacteria without the addition of oxygen.
2. The destruction or dissolution of bacterial cells. -- Bac*te`ri*o*lyt"ic (#), a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
