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a combining form occurring in adjectives that correspond to nouns ending in -lysis: analytic; paralytic.
Origin:
see lytic
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-lytic  
suff.  Of, relating to, or causing a specified kind of decomposition: cellulolytic.

[From Greek lutikos, able to loosen, from lūein, to loosen; see leu- in Indo-European roots.]
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-lytic suff.
Of, relating to, or causing a specified kind of decomposition: lymphatolytic.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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