What is "haematolysis"

Haematolysis \H[ae]m`a*tol"y*sis\ (h[e^]m`[.a]*t[o^]l"[i^]*s[i^]s or h[e^]`m[.a]-), n. [NL.; h[ae]mato- + Gr. ly`sis a loosing, dissolving, fr. ly`ein to loose, dissolve.] (Physiol.) Dissolution of the red blood corpuscles with diminished coagulability of the blood; h[ae]molysis. -- H[ae]m`a*to*lyt"ic, a.

n. haemolysis

1. n. lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin [syn: hemolysis, haemolysis, hematolysis]

2. [also: haematolyses (pl)]