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Dictionary » H » Haemolysis HaemolysisDefinition noun The lysis or the breaking open of red blood cell (erythrocyte) causing the release of hemoglobin into the surrounding fluid.
Hemolysis has several causes: examples are exposure of erythrocytes to toxins and poisons, bacterial haemolysins, immune reactions like specific complement-fixing antibodies, hypotonicity, alteration of temperature, treatments such as hemodialysis, etc.
Also spelled as: hemolysis.
Synonym: hematolysis.
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Is Strep mitis a member of the Strep Viridans speciesS. viridans is not a species. All spreptococci irrespective of haemolysis type have been currently divided into seven genetically distinct groups: pyogenic streptococci (S. pyogenes, S.agalactiae, S. dysgalactiae) - group I; Str. bovis group (II); Str. ...
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