-lysis
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Decomposition; dissolving; disintegration:
分解；溶解；裂解：
hydrolysis.
水解
语源
- New Latin
现代拉丁语 - from Greek lusis [a loosening] * see lysis
源自 希腊语 lusis [松弛] *参见 lysis
-lysis
combining form in countable noun
indicating a loosening, decomposition, or breaking down
⇒
electrolysis
⇒
paralysis
Origin
from Greek, from lusis a loosening; see lysis-lysis
Word Origin
1
a combining form with the meaning “breaking down, loosening, decomposition,” used in the formation of compound words:
analysis; electrolysis; paralysis.
Origin
< Greek; see lysis
Related Words
- -lyte
- acidolysis
- alcoholysis
- ammonolysis
- amylolysis
- anticyclolysis
-lysisa word element, especially in scientific terminology, meaning 'breaking down', 'decomposition', as in analysis, electrolysis.
[Greek. See lysis]-lysis
noun combining form
(plural -lyses)
electrolysis
2. disintegration : breaking down
autolysis
noun combining form
(plural -lyses)
ETYMOLOGY New Latin, from Latin & Greek; Latin, loosening, from Greek, from lysis
1. decompositionelectrolysis
2. disintegration : breaking down
autolysis
-lysis
combining form
- denoting disintegration or decomposition表示“分解”, “裂解”：
- ■ in nouns specifying an agent构成名词, 表示“介质”：
-
hydrolysis.
- ■ in nouns specifying a reactant构成名词, 表示“反应物”：
-
haemolysis.
- ■ in nouns specifying the nature of the process构成名词, 表示“过程的性质”：
-
autolysis.
词源
via Latin from Greek lusis 'loosening'.
-lysis
scientific/medical word-forming element meaning "loosening, dissolving, dissolution," from Greek lysis "a loosening, setting free, releasing, dissolution," from lyein "to unfasten, loose, loosen, untie" (see lose).
-lysis
decomposition, reduction, relief, destruction:
decomposition, reduction, relief, destruction:
analysis, electrolysis, hydrolysis
ORIGIN: formed as lysis
-ly·sis
\ləsə̇s\ noun combining form
(plural -lyses \ləˌsēz\)
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin & Greek; Latin, loosening, from Greek, from lysis
1. : decomposition
< electrolysis >
< hydrolysis >
< pyrolysis >
2. : destruction : disintegration : dissolution — especially of material associated with living organisms
< biolysis >
< autolysis >
< proteolysis >
3.
a. : relief or reduction
< neurolysis >
b. : detachment (as in the surgical operation of freeing from adhesions)
< cardiolysis >
< gastrolysis >
c. : paralysis
< glossolysis >
1.
< electrolysis >
< hydrolysis >
< pyrolysis >
2.
< biolysis >
< autolysis >
< proteolysis >
3.
a.
< neurolysis >
b.
< cardiolysis >
< gastrolysis >
c.
< glossolysis >
-lysis
Suffix
- decomposition or breakdown
- dissolving
- disintegration
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek λύσις (lúsis, “a loosening”); compare lysis.
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -lysis