lytic

lytic

See also: -lytic

English

Etymology

From lysis +‎ -tic or lysin +‎ -tic.

Adjective

lytic (comparative more lytic, superlative most lytic)

  1. Of, relating to, or causing lysis.
    • 2023, Simon Mays, “The Macroscopic Study of Human Skeletal Paleopathology” (chapter 2), in The Routledge Handbook of Paleopathology, Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, page 27:
      [] a preliminary step in any paleopathological analysis is to distinguish in vivo lesions from post-depositional damage. [] generally the problem is distinguishing holes or breaks in bone that represent disease or injury from taphonomic damage. In practice, making this distinction in skeletal remains almost always relies on macroscopy. ¶ In distinguishing lytic lesions from taphonomic damage, it is the macroscopic morphology of the margins that is key.
  2. Of or relating to lysin.

Derived terms