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-lysis

//-lɪ.sɪs// suffix

Definitions

Suffix
  1. 1
    decomposition or breakdown morpheme
  2. 2
    dissolving morpheme
  3. 3
    disintegration morpheme

Etymology

From Ancient Greek λύσις (lúsis, “a loosening”). Compare lysis.

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