lytic

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lytic

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From lysis + -tic or lysin + -tic.

adjective more lytic · most lytic

Of, relating to, or causing lysis. […] a preliminary step in any paleopathological analysis is to distinguish in vivo lesions from post-depositional damage. […] generally the problem is distinguishing holes or breaks in bone that represent disease or injury from taphonomic damage. In practice, making this distinction in skeletal rema
Of or relating to lysin.

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@misc{lytic_2026,
  title = {lytic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lytic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}