LYSE

Etymology

Verb

lyse (third-person singular simple present lyses, present participle lysing, simple past and past participle lysed)

(biology) To burst or cut a cell or cell structure; to induce lysis.

(biochemistry) To break down molecularly into smaller molecules; to induce lysis.

Anagrams

• Slye, leys, lyes, sely, sley, syle

Source: Wiktionary



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23 November 2024

THEORETICAL

(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”


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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.

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