Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for histolysis. Search instead for isolysis.

histolysis

American  
[hi-stol-uh-sis] / hɪˈstɒl ə sɪs /

noun

  1. disintegration or dissolution of organic tissues.

histolysis British  
/ ˌhɪstəˈlɪtɪk, hɪˈstɒlɪsɪs /

noun

  1. the disintegration of organic tissues

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • histolytic adjective
  • histolytically adverb

Etymology

Origin of histolysis

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

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.