See Also: hemolysis(medicine)
Hemolysis(health)
snot(1)(dictionary)
snot(2)(dictionary)
snot(dictionary)

snot(2) (iou) and hemolysis (medicine)


snot(2) (iou)



snot verb. Now Scot. & north. Infl. -tt-. LME.
[from the noun.]
verb trans. Snuff (a candle). LME.
verb trans. Blow or clear (the nose). L15.
verb intrans. Sniff, snivel; snort. M17.

hemolysis (medicine)


hemolysis -->
haemolysis
<haematology> Disruption of the integrity of the red cell membrane causing release of haemoglobin.

Haemolysis may be caused by bacterial haemolysins, by antibodies that cause complement dependent lysis, by placing red cells in a hypotonic solution or by defects in the red cell membrane.

Origin: Gr. Lysis = dissolution