Hemolysin
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hemolysin is a noun meaning (medicine) Any substance (often an exotoxin) that damages the membranes of red blood cells and thus releases hemoglobin.
Meaning
(medicine) Any substance (often an exotoxin) that damages the membranes of red blood cells and thus releases hemoglobin.
Word Forms
- hemolysins
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include thermostable, haemolysin, isolysin, hemolysate, lysin, streptolysin.
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