Hemolysin is an antibody or one of a group of bacterial toxins which, when a complement is also present, can destroy red blood cells by attacking their cytoplasmic membranes and causing them to lyse.

From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.

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