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Answer for the clue "Lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin ", 9 letters:
hemolysis

Word definitions for hemolysis in dictionaries

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context medicine English) The destruction of red blood cells, and subsequent release of hemoglobin, at the normal end of the cell's life.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Hemolysis or haemolysis , also known by several other names, is the rupturing ( lysis ) of red blood cells ( erythrocytes ) and the release of their contents ( cytoplasm ) into surrounding fluid (e.g. blood plasma ). Hemolysis may occur in vivo or in vitro ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
hemolysis \hemolysis\ n. The lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin; the breaking apart of red blood cells in the blood. Syn: haemolysis, hematolysis, haematolysis.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin [syn: haemolysis , hematolysis , haematolysis ] [also: hemolyses (pl)]

Usage examples of hemolysis.

Braud found that the people working as remote healers were able to significantly retard the hemolysis of the blood in the tubes they were trying to protect.