Lysis (biology)

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The lysis (from the French from the learned Greek λ σις , "[dissolution]"; also original lysis ) describes in biology and medicine the disintegration of a cell through damage or dissolution of the outer cell membrane ( necrosis ).

In principle, this occurs with all conceivable tissue damage with cell death, but is of particular importance in the following situations:

In medical jargon , lysis is also short for thrombolysis , a mostly drug-based therapy against blood clots , often used in emergency medicine if a heart attack is suspected to be just a few hours old or if there is a pulmonary embolism , even in the case of a recent, confirmed, non-bleeding-related stroke .

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