verb
- present participle of lyse; breaking down or destroying cells or cellular structures through dissolution
Usage: biology; medicine
Examples
- The detergent is lysing the cell membranes in the laboratory sample.
- White blood cells are lysing the bacteria to fight the infection.
- The enzyme is lysing the protein structures during digestion.
- Scientists observed the virus lysing the host cells under the microscope.
- The hypotonic solution began lysing the red blood cells immediately.
- Researchers are lysing tissue samples to extract DNA for analysis.