STREPTOLYSIN

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of several hemolysins derived from strains of streptococcus

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Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("streptolysin" is a kind of...):

erythrocytolysin; erythrolysin; haemolysin; hemolysin (any substance that can cause lysis (destruction) of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their hemoglobin)

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