lisis

Learned borrowing from Latin lysis, from Ancient Greek λύσις (lúsis, “a loosening”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlisis/ [ˈli.sɪs]
• Rhymes: -isis
• Syllabification: li‧sis

lisis (plural lisis-lisis)

1. (biochemistry, medicine, pathology) lysis

• “lisis”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λύσις (lúsis).

lisis f (plural lisis)

1. (medicine, pathology) lysis (gradual recovery from disease)
2. (biochemistry) lysis (disintegration or destruction of cells)

• “lisis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025