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lysis
(redirected from Cell lysis)

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lysis [′lī·səs]
(cell and molecular biology)
Dissolution of a cell or tissue by the action of a lysin.
(medicine)
Gradual decline in the manifestations of a disease, especially an infectious disease. Also known as defervescence.
Gradual fall of fever.


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The indirect consequences of these agents on antigen presentation can adversely affect the proliferation, differentiation, and effector functions of T lymphocytes--including cell signaling mechanisms, cytokine secretion, developmental maturation, and target cell lysis by CD[8.
We postulate that her doxorubicin-based chemotherapy induced rapid cell lysis and necrosis of peripherally located, metastatic pulmonary nodules, leading to the pneumothoraces.
  cell lysis produced by antibody with the participation of complement.
 
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