English

lysoplate

From lyso- + plate.

Formed from lyso- + plate

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

Ancient Greek λύω ‘to loose’

Ancient Greek λῠ́σῐς ‘a loosening’

English lyso-

Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- ‘flat’

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Vulgar Latin *plattus ‘flat’

Medieval Latin plata

Old French plate ‘a flat metal disk’

Middle English plate

English plate

Today it means

noun An agarose gel, impregnated with substrate organisms, used to assay lysozyme activity

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Etymograph / lysoplate