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autoisolysin

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autoisolysin au·to·i·sol·y·sin (ô'tō-ī-sŏl'ĭ-sĭn, -ī'sō-lī'-)
n.
An antibody that with complement causes lysis of cells in the organism in whose body the lysin is formed, as well as in others of the same species.

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