hemolytic

English

Adjective

hemolytic (comparative more hemolytic, superlative most hemolytic)

1. Producing hemolysis; destroying red blood cells.
   • 1903 September, W. D. Miller, “Further experiments relating to the question of immunity”, in The Dental Cosmos: A Monthly Record Of Dental Science, volume 48, number 9, page 691:

     It has been accordingly suggested that the hemolytic action of the saliva is due to the presence of certain salts.

Derived terms

• antihemolytic
• cohemolytic
• enterohemolytic
• hemolytical
• hemolytic disease
• hemolytic-uremic syndrome
• immunohemolytic
• nonhemolytic
• subhemolytic

 

Related terms

• hemolysin
• hemolysis

Translations

producing hemolysis

• Finnish: hemolyyttinen (fi)
• French: hémolytique (fr)
• German: hämolytisch (de)
• Greek: αιμολυτικός (el) (aimolytikós)
• Portuguese: hemolítico
• Romanian: hemolitic (ro)
• Spanish: hemolítico
• Swedish: hemolytisk (sv)
• Turkish: hemolitik

Further reading

• “hemolytic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.