LYSIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lysin mean? 

• LYSIN (noun)
  The noun LYSIN has 1 sense:

1. any substance (such as an antibody) or agent that can cause lysis

  Familiarity information: LYSIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LYSIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any substance (such as an antibody) or agent that can cause lysis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("lysin" is a kind of...):

substance (a particular kind or species of matter with uniform properties)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lysin"):

cytolysin (a substance that partly or completely destroys animal cells)