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streptolysin
[ strep-tuh-lahy-sin ]
noun
, Bacteriology.
- a type of hemolysin produced by certain species of streptococcus.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of streptolysin1
1900–05; strepto- (representing generic names which begin with this element, as Streptococcus ) + (hemo)lysin
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