Chem. Also -ine. [f. Gr. λύσ-ις a loosening + -IN1.] An organic base C6H14N2O2, formed in the artificial decomposition of protamins and many other proteids. Also attrib.
1897. [see LYSATININE].
1902. Brit. Med. Jrnl., 5 April, 845. Some immune serums appear to exercise an agglutination of the red cells immediately before the lysin action. Ibid., 12 April, 920. [The first-mentioned poisons] as well as … the lysin of cholera belong to the lysin group.
