het|er|ol|y|sis

het|er|ol|y|sis
het|er|ol|y|sis «HEHT uh ROL uh sihs», noun.
1. Biology. the destruction of cells by enzymes or lysins from another organism.
2. Chemistry. the breaking of a bond in an unsymmetrical manner, so that the bonding pair of electrons remains attached to one of the bonded atoms.

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