Taber's Medical Dictionary
-lysis
[Gr. lysis, a loosening, fr. lyein, to loosen]
1. Suffix meaning decomposition, dissolving or loosening.
2. In medicine, a suffix meaning reduction or relief of.
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "-lysis." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753889/0/_lysis.
-lysis. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753889/0/_lysis. Accessed April 18, 2026.
-lysis. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753889/0/_lysis
-lysis [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 18]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753889/0/_lysis.
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