different between lyse vs colicin

English

Etymology

Back-formation from lysis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la?z/, /?la?s/
• Rhymes: -a?z, -a?s
• Homophones: lies, lice

Verb

lyse (third-person singular simple present lyses, present participle lysing, simple past and past participle lysed)

1. (biology) To burst or cut a cell or cell structure; to induce lysis.
2. (biochemistry) To break down molecularly into smaller molecules; to induce lysis.

Related terms

• lysis
• -lysis

Translations

• Spanish: lisar

Anagrams

• Slye, leys, lyes, sely, sley, syle

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ly?s?/, [?ly?s?]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse lýsa, from Proto-Germanic *liuhsijan?. Derived from *leuhsaz (“light”, adjective) and/or *leuhs? (“light”, noun).

Verb

lyse (imperative lys, infinitive at lyse, present tense lyser, past tense lyste, perfect tense har lyst)

1. to shine
2. to give out light
3. to register
4. (religion) to declare (a wedding or a ban)

Inflection

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

lyse

1. definite singular of lys
2. plural of lys

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: lysent, lyses

Noun

lyse f (plural lyses)

1. (chemistry) lysis

Related terms

• lytique

Verb

lyse

1. inflection of lyser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “lyse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Noun

lyse

1. ablative singular of lysis

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Fredrikstad dialect) IPA^(key): [?l??.s??]

Adjective

lyse

1. definite singular of lys
2. plural of lys

Etymology 2

From Old Norse lýsa

Verb

lyse (imperative lys, present tense lyser, passive lyses, simple past lyste, past participle lyst, present participle lysende)

1. to light

Derived terms

• avlyse
• belyse
• opplyse

References

• “lyse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Verb

lyse (present tense lyser, past tense lyste, past participle lyst, passive infinitive lysast, present participle lysande, imperative lys)

1. Alternative form of lysa

Derived terms

• avlyse

Etymology 2

Adjective

lyse

1. definite singular of lys
2. plural of lys

English

Noun

colicin (plural colicins)

1. (biochemistry) Any of a class of proteins, secreted by certain strains of bacteria, that kill but do not lyse other strains

Derived terms

• colicinogenic

Anagrams

• clinico-