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Hemolytic: Referring to hemolysis, the destruction of red blood cells which leads to the release of hemoglobin from within the red blood cells into the blood plasma.
Hemolytic anemia, for example, is anemia (low blood) due to the destruction (rather than theunderproduction) of red blood cells.
Etymology: The word hemolytic is made up of hemo-, blood + lytic, the disintegration of cells.
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