Associations to the word «Lysozyme»

Wiktionary

LYSOZYME, noun. (biochemistry) A bacteriolytic (or antibiotic) enzyme found in many animal secretions, and in egg white.

Dictionary definition

LYSOZYME, noun. An enzyme found in saliva and sweat and tears that destroys the cell walls of certain bacteria.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats