histolysis

[ hi-stol-uh-sis ]

noun

1. disintegration or dissolution of organic tissues.

histolysis

/ ˌhɪstəˈlɪtɪk; hɪˈstɒlɪsɪs /

noun

1. the disintegration of organic tissues

Derived Forms

• ˌhistoˈlytically, adverb
• histolytic, adjective

Other Words From

• his·to·lyt·ic [his-tl-, it, -ik], adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of histolysis¹

First recorded in 1855–60; histo- + -lysis

Example Sentences

The changes have been found to be made up of two sets of processes: histolysis, by which the whole or part of a structure disappears: and histogenesis, or the formation of the new structure.

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By histolysis certain parts of the hypodermis are destroyed, while other portions of it develop into the new structures.

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Hence the opinion arose that histolysis is a process of phagocytosis.

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Histolysis and Histogenesis.—The process of destruction of the larval tissues was first studied in the forms where metamorphosis is greatest and most abrupt, viz. in the Muscid Diptera.

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Histolysis: the degeneration and dissolution of organic tissue.

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