staphylolysin

staphylolysin
1. A hemolysin elaborated by a staphylococcus. 2. An antibody causing lysis of staphylococci. SYN: staphylococcolysin.

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staph·y·lol·y·sin .staf-i-'läl-ə-sən n a hemolysin produced by staphylococci

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staph·y·lol·y·sin (staf″ə-lolґə-sin) a principle with hemolytic activity produced by staphylococci.

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  • Staphylolysin — Sta|phy|lo|ly|sin [zu Staphylokokken (griech. staphylé̄ = Weintraube u. kókkos = Kern, Beere); ↑ Lysin (2)]: ↑ Hämolysin (2). * * * Sta|phy|lo|ly|sin, das; s [↑Lysin] (Med.): die Blutkörperchen auflösendes Gift der Staphylokokken …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Staphylolysin — Sta|phylo|lysin [zu ↑staphylo... u. gr. λυειν = lösen, auflösen] s; s, e: Stoffwechselprodukt der Staphylokokken, das rote Blutkörperchen aufzulösen vermag …   Das Wörterbuch medizinischer Fachausdrücke

  • Staphylolysin — Sta|phy|lo|ly|sin das; s: ein die Blutkörperchen auflösendes Gift der Staphylokokken (Med.) …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • staphylolysin — …   Useful english dictionary

  • γ staphylolysin — gamma staphylolysin a hemolysin produced by staphylococci which is similar to, but serologically distinguishable from, the α staphylolysin …   Medical dictionary

  • α staphylolysin — alpha staphylolysin a hemolysin produced by pathogenic staphylococci which lyses both sheep and rabbit erythrocytes at 37°C and has leukocidin activity …   Medical dictionary

  • β staphylolysin — beta staphylolysin a hot cold hemolysin produced by staphylococci which lyses sheep but not rabbit erythrocytes in the cold following preliminary incubation at 37°C …   Medical dictionary

  • δ staphylolysin — delta staphylolysin a hemolysin produced by pyogenic staphylococci which lyses red cells from humans and several other species; it differs immunologically from the α and β staphylolysins, and is both dermonecrotic and lethal …   Medical dictionary

  • ε staphylolysin — epsilon staphylolysin a hemolysin formed almost exclusively by nonpathogenic, coagulase negative strains of staphylococci …   Medical dictionary

  • antistaphylolysin — A substance that antagonizes or neutralizes the action of staphylolysin. * * * an·ti·staph·y·lol·y·sin (an″te ) (an″ti staf ə lolґĭ sin) an antibody that opposes the action of staphylolysin …   Medical dictionary

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