haemolysin

Questions about haemolysin

What does haemolysin mean?

haemolysin means "any substance that can cause lysis (destruction) of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their hemoglobin".

How many syllables are in haemolysin?

haemolysin has 5 syllables and divides as ha-e-mo-ly-sin under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for haemolysin?

Close synonyms include hemolysin, erythrolysin, erythrocytolysin. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is haemolysin a common word?

haemolysin is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.