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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A lysin which will cause the destruction of cells of animals of an alien species: used in contradistinction to
isolysin orhomolysin .
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- noun biology A
haemolysin produced in thebloodstream whenblood cells of adifferent species areintroduced
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