See Also: lyso-(medicine)
lyso-(dictionary)
acetyl-CoA-1-alkyl-2-lyso-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine acetyltransferase(medicine)

lyso- (iou)



lyso- combining form of LYSIS: see -O-.
lyso'somal adjective (Biology) of or pertaining to a lysosome or lysosomes M20.
lysosome noun (Biology) a cytoplasmic cell organelle containing hydrolytic enzymes enclosed in a membrane M20.
lysozyme noun (Biochemistry) a low-molecular-weight enzyme capable of hydrolysing a particular mucopolysaccharide found in the cell walls of certain Gram-positive bacteria and hence of lysing such bacteria E20.