HAEMATOLYSIS

hemolysis, haemolysis, hematolysis, haematolysis

(noun) lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

haematolysis (countable and uncountable, plural haematolyses)

haemolysis

Source: Wiktionary


Hæm`a*tol"y*sis, n. [NL.; hæmato- + Gr. a loosing, dissolving, fr. to loose, dissolve.] (Physiol.)

Definition: Dissolution of the red blood corpuscles with diminished coagulability of the blood; hæmolysis. -- Hæm`a*to*lyt"ic (#), a.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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