Associations to the word «Lytic»

Wiktionary

LYTIC, adjective. Of, relating to, or causing lysis
LYTIC, adjective. Of or relating to lysin
LYTIC CYCLE, noun. (biology) The normal process of viral reproduction involving penetration of the cell membrane, nucleic acid synthesis and lysis of the host cell
LYTIC INFECTION, noun. The infection of a bacterium by a bacteriophage with subsequent production of more phage particles, and lysis of the cell
LYTIC INFECTIONS, noun. Plural of lytic infection

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King