"lytic" meaning in English

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      "word": "lytic cycle"
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      "word": "lytic infection"
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  "etymology_text": "From lysis + -tic or lysin + -tic.",
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      "form": "more lytic",
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          "text": "[…] a preliminary step in any paleopathological analysis is to distinguish in vivo lesions from post-depositional damage. […] generally the problem is distinguishing holes or breaks in bone that represent disease or injury from taphonomic damage. In practice, making this distinction in skeletal remains almost always relies on macroscopy. ¶ In distinguishing lytic lesions from taphonomic damage, it is the macroscopic morphology of the margins that is key.",
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          "text": "[…] a preliminary step in any paleopathological analysis is to distinguish in vivo lesions from post-depositional damage. […] generally the problem is distinguishing holes or breaks in bone that represent disease or injury from taphonomic damage. In practice, making this distinction in skeletal remains almost always relies on macroscopy. ¶ In distinguishing lytic lesions from taphonomic damage, it is the macroscopic morphology of the margins that is key.",
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