indicating a loosening or dissolving: paralytic
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lyt•ic
(lit′ik),USA pronunciation adj.
-lytic,
- of, noting, or pertaining to lysis or a lysin.
- Greek lytikós able to loosen. See -lyte1, -ic
- 1885–90
-lytic,
- a combining form occurring in adjectives that correspond to nouns ending in -lysis: analytic;
paralytic.
- see lytic
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'lytic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
-lytic
- anxiolytic
- auxilytic
- biolytic
- cellulolytic
- cholinolytic
- dialytic
- electrolytic
- glycolytic
- hydrolytic
- mucolytic
- peptidolytic
- peptolytic
- saccharolytic
- spasmolytic
- sympatholytic