streptolysin

[ strep-tuh-lahy-sin ]
/ ˌstrɛp təˈlaɪ sɪn /

noun Bacteriology.

a type of hemolysin produced by certain species of streptococcus.

Origin of streptolysin

1900–05; strepto- (representing generic names which begin with this element, as Streptococcus) + (hemo)lysin

Words nearby streptolysin

streptococcus pyogenes, streptococcus viridans, streptodornase, streptokinase, streptokinase-streptodornase, streptolysin, streptomyces, streptomycin, streptonigrin, streptosepticemia, streptothricin

Medical definitions for streptolysin

streptolysin
[ strĕp-tŏl′ĭ-sĭn, strĕp′tə-lī′sĭn ]

n.

A hemolysin produced by streptococci.