ISOLYSIN
\ˈa͡ɪsəlˌɪsɪn], \ˈaɪsəlˌɪsɪn], \ˈaɪ_s_ə_l_ˌɪ_s_ɪ_n]\
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A lysin which acts in dissolving cells from the same species as that in which the lysin producing cells were injected. A lysin may be thus produced by injecting red blood corpuscles of a goat into another goat and such serum will dissolve goat's red blood corpuscles. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe