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erythrolysis (medicine)


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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


Popeye (oh)



a character also called Popeye the Sailorman, in a US cartoon strip and cartoon films. Popeye is a sailor who smokes a pipe, and when he eats cans of spinach (=a vegetable with large dark green leaves) his muscles immediately grow much bigger and he becomes very strong.