Usually means: Destroys cell membrane, causing lysis.
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General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. cytolytic: Merriam-Webster
  2. cytolytic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cytolytic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. cytolytic: Vocabulary.com
  5. cytolytic: Wordnik
  6. cytolytic: Wiktionary
  7. cytolytic: Dictionary.com
  8. Cytolytic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. cytolytic: Rhymezone
  10. cytolytic: FreeDictionary.org
  11. cytolytic: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. cytolytic: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. cytolytic: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. cytolytic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Cytolytic: MedFriendly Glossary
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  4. cytolytic: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Of or pertaining to cytolysis

Similar:
cytotoxic, cytologic, cytosomal, cytometric, cytotherapeutic, cytogenic, cytoplasmic, cytopathological, autocytolytic, cytoclastic, more...

Opposite:
noncytolytic, lytic-inhibited, antilytic

Types:
necrotizing, hemolytic, pyohemolytic, leukocytic, erythrocytic, more...

Phrases:
cytolytic reactivity, more...

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Similar:
cytotoxic, cytologic, cytosomal, cytometric, cytotherapeutic, cytogenic, cytoplasmic, cytopathological, autocytolytic, cytoclastic, more...

Opposite:
noncytolytic, lytic-inhibited, antilytic

Types:
necrotizing, hemolytic, pyohemolytic, leukocytic, erythrocytic, more...

Phrases:
cytolytic reactivity, more...



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