English

hepatolysin

From hepato- + lysin.

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *yókʷr̥ ‘liver’

Proto-Hellenic *yêkʷər ‘liver’

Ancient Greek ἧπᾰρ ‘liver’

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- ‘to cut off, separate, free’

Ancient Greek λύω ‘loosen’

Ancient Greek λύσις ‘loosing, releasing, release, ransoming’

English lysin

Today it means

noun A cytolysin that acts on liver cells.

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Etymograph / hepatolysin