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Webster 1913 Edition


Biolysis


Bi-ol′y-sis

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Noun.
[Gr.
βίοσ
life +
[GREEK]
a dissolving.]
(Biol.)
The destruction of life.

Definition 2024


biolysis

biolysis

English

Noun

biolysis (uncountable)

  1. (biology) The decomposition of tissue and the subsequent death of the organism
  2. the decomposition of organic material by living organisms, especially by microorganisms.