Thesaurus: lysis

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1. n. The resolution or favorable termination of a disease, coming on gradually and not marked by abrupt change.
2. n. recuperation in which the symptoms of an acute disease gradually subside
3. n. (biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria
4. The resolution or favorable termination of a disease, coming on gradually and not marked by abrupt change. Note: It is usually contrasted with crisis, in which the improvement is sudden and marked; as, pneumonia ends by crisis, typhoid fever by lysis.
5. The resolution or favorable termination of a disease, coming ongradually and not marked by abrupt change.
6. n:100 n. recuperation in which the symptoms of an acute disease gradually subside n. (biochemistry) dissolution or destruction of cells such as blood cells or bacteria