Medical Terminology / Unit 11 MedTerm 0672 short lesson, about 20 seconds
-lysis: Breakdown
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The idea
The suffix lysis names the breakdown, separation, or destruction of what its root identifies.
In practice
Hemolysis is the breakdown of red blood cells.
Where people slip
Lysis names a breaking down. A related suffix names crushing by force.
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