-lysis

English

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek λύσις (“a loosening”); compare lysis.

Suffix

-lysis

1. decomposition or breakdown
2. dissolving
3. disintegration

Derived terms

terms derived using -lysis

amylolysis analysis autocatalysis autolysis bacteriolysis biolysis catalysis chromatolysis cryptanalysis cytolysis dialysis electroanalysis electrodialysis electrolysis fibrinolysis frontolysis glycogenolysis glycolysis hematolysis hemodialysis hemolysis heterolysis histodialysis histolysis hydrogenolysis hydrolysis hypnoanalysis lipolysis meta-analysis microanalysis

narcoanalysis onycholysis osteolysis paralysis photolysis plasmolysis pneumatolysis protolysis proteolysis psychoanalysis pyrolysis radiolysis solvolysis steatolysis thermolysis thrombolysis urinalysis zymolysis

See also

• -lytic
• Category:English words suffixed with -lysis

Translations

decomposition or breakdown

French: -lyse (fr)

Irish: -alú (ga) m.

dissolving

French: -lyse (fr)

Irish: -alú (ga) m.

disintegration

French: -lyse (fr)

Irish: -alú (ga) m.