lysozyme

ly·so·zyme

L l

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [lahy-suh-zahym]
- /ˈlaɪ səˌzaɪm/
- /lˈaɪsəzˌaɪm/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [lahy-suh-zahym]
- /ˈlaɪ səˌzaɪm/

Definitions of lysozyme word

noun lysozyme an enzyme that is destructive of bacteria and functions as an antiseptic, found in tears, leukocytes, mucus, egg albumin, and certain plants. 1
noun lysozyme An enzyme that catalyzes the destruction of the cell walls of certain bacteria, occurring notably in tears and egg white. 1
noun lysozyme an enzyme occurring in tears, certain body tissues, and egg white: destroys bacteria by hydrolysing polysaccharides in their cell walls 0
noun lysozyme an enzyme present in egg white, tears, saliva, etc. that can kill certain bacteria by dissolving the cell walls 0
noun lysozyme (biochemistry) A bacteriolytic (or antibiotic) enzyme found in many animal secretions, and in egg white. 0

See all 5 definitions of lysozyme

Information block about the term

Origin of lysozyme

First appearance:

before 1920

One of the 12% newest English words

First recorded in 1920-25; lyso- + (en)zyme

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Lysozyme

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Lysozyme

lysozyme popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

lysozyme usage trend in Literature

This diagram is provided by Google Ngram Viewer