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Is lysis a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lysis is a Scrabble US word. The word lysis is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

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Is lysis a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word lysis is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

L1Y4S1I1S1

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Yes. The word lysis is a Words With Friends word. The word lysis is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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5-letter words (2 found)

LYSIS,SYLIS,

4-letter words (1 found)

SYLI,

3-letter words (3 found)

LIS,SIS,SLY,

2-letter words (3 found)

IS,LI,SI,

You can make 9 words from lysis according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of lysis

lysis ylsis lsyis slyis yslis sylis lyiss yliss liyss ilyss yilss iylss lsiys sliys lisys ilsys silys islys ysils syils yisls iysls siyls isyls lyssi ylssi lsysi slysi yslsi sylsi lyssi ylssi lsysi slysi yslsi sylsi lssyi slsyi lssyi slsyi sslyi sslyi yssli sysli yssli sysli ssyli ssyli lyiss yliss liyss ilyss yilss iylss lysis ylsis lsyis slyis yslis sylis lisys ilsys lsiys sliys islys silys yisls iysls ysils syils isyls siyls lsisy slisy lissy ilssy silsy islsy lssiy slsiy lssiy slsiy ssliy ssliy lissy ilssy lsisy slisy islsy silsy sisly issly ssily ssily issly sisly ysisl syisl yissl iyssl siysl isysl yssil sysil yssil sysil ssyil ssyil yissl iyssl ysisl syisl isysl siysl sisyl issyl ssiyl ssiyl issyl sisyl

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Definitions and meaning of lysis

lysis

Etymology

From Latin lysis, from Ancient Greek λύσις (lúsis, “a loosening”). Compare -lysis.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlaɪsɪs/
  • Rhymes: -aɪsɪs

Noun

lysis

  1. (medicine, pathology) A gradual recovery from disease (opposed to crisis).
  2. (biochemistry) The disintegration or destruction of cells.
  3. (biochemistry) The breakdown of molecules into constituent molecules.
  4. (architecture) A plinth or step above the cornice of the podium in an ancient temple.

Derived terms

  • euglobulin lysis time
  • euglobulin clot lysis time
  • lyterian

Related terms

  • lyse
  • -lysis

Translations

Anagrams

  • Lissy, sylis

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek λύσις (lúsis).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈly.sis/, [ˈlʲʏs̠ɪs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.sis/, [ˈliːs̬is]

Noun

lysis f (genitive lysis or lyseōs or lysios); third declension

  1. loosening
  2. rupture (breaking away)

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Descendants

  • English: lysis

References

  • “lysis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lysis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “lysis”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎[2]
  • “lysis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “lysis”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • “lysis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

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