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Hemolysis vs Chemolysis - What's the difference?

hemolysis | chemolysis |

As nouns the difference between hemolysis and chemolysis

is that hemolysis is the destruction of red blood cells, and subsequent release of hemoglobin, at the normal end of the cell's life while chemolysis is the decomposition of organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents alone.

hemolysis

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (UK) * (UK)

Noun

(wikipedia hemolysis)
  • (medicine) The destruction of red blood cells, and subsequent release of hemoglobin, at the normal end of the cell's life.
    • American English

    chemolysis

    English

    Noun

  • (dated) The decomposition of organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents alone.
    • (Thudichum)

    Related terms

    * chemolytic (Webster 1913)