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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of various exotoxins that destroy red blood cells by breaking their membranes, and are produced by certain strains of streptococcus countable, uncountable
2. 2
   any of several hemolysins derived from strains of streptococcus wordnet

Etymology

From strepto- + lysin.

Related phrases

red blood cell

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