verb
- past tense of lyse; to cause the breakdown or destruction of cells through the dissolution of their membranes
Usage: biology; medicine
Examples
- The red blood cells were lysed in the hypotonic solution.
- The bacteria lysed when exposed to the antibiotic.
- The researcher lysed the tissue samples to extract DNA.
- Heat lysed the cell membranes in the experiment.
- The detergent lysed the cellular structures completely.
- White blood cells can be lysed using specific chemicals.