Bacteriolytic
disintegration or dissolution of bacteria.
Historical Examples
This is the mode of action of the anti-substances in the case of a haemolytic or bacteriolytic serum.
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Of these the most important are (a) bacteriolytic or lysogenic action, (b) agglutinative action, and (c) opsonic action.
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The first of these, lysogenic or bacteriolytic action, consists in (a) Lysogenic action.
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noun
the destruction or disintegration of bacteria
bacteriolysis bac·te·ri·ol·y·sis (bāk-tēr’ē-ŏl’ĭ-sĭs)
n. pl. bac·te·ri·ol·y·ses (-sēz’)
Dissolution or destruction of bacteria.
bac·te’ri·o·lyt’ic (-ə-lĭt’ĭk) adj.
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