lysozyme=الليزوزيم

lysozyme=الليزوزيم

ONLINE ETYMOLOGY DICTIONARY

lysozyme

1922, from lyso- + suffix from enzyme.

lyso-

word-forming element indicating "loosening, dissolving, freeing," before vowels lys-, from comb. form of Gk. lysis "a loosening" (see lyse).

lyse (v.)

1927, back formation from lysis.

lysis (n.)

"dissolution of cells, bacteria, etc.," 1902, from L. lysis, from Gk. lysis "a loosening," from lyein "to unfasten, loose, loosen, untie" (see lose).

enzyme (n.)

1881, as a biochemical term, from Ger. Enzym, coined 1878 by German physiologist Wilhelm Kühne (1837-1900), from Modern Gk. enzymos "leavened," from en "in" (see en- (2)) + zyme "leaven" (see zymurgy).