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There are 19 nine-letter words containing YSIS

ANECDYSIS	• ANECDYSIS n. a period between moults in arthropods.
APOPHYSIS	• apophysis n. (Anatomy) A natural outgrowth, swelling or enlargement, usually of an organism; a protuberance on a bone. • apophysis n. (Botany) The external part of a cone scale. • apophysis n. (Geology) A branch of a dike or vein.
ATMOLYSIS	• atmolysis n. (Chemistry, historical) The separation of mingled gases of unequal diffusibility by transmission through… • ATMOLYSIS n. a method of separating gases of different densities.
AUTOLYSIS	• autolysis n. (Pathology, cytology) The destruction of an organism’s cells by enzymes produced by the organism itself. • autolysis n. (Pathology) The autodigestion of the tissues of an organism. • autolysis n. (Pathology) The autocytolysis of blood cells.
CATALYSIS	• catalysis n. (Chemistry) The increase of the rate of a chemical reaction, induced by a catalyst. • CATALYSIS n. alteration in speed of chemical reaction due to introduction of a substance which remains unchanged.
CYTOLYSIS	• cytolysis n. The pathological breakdown of a cell due to the bursting of the cell membrane caused by osmosis. • CYTOLYSIS n. the dissolution of cells esp. by breaking down their outer membrane.
DIAPHYSIS	• diaphysis n. (Anatomy) The central shaft of any long bone. • diaphysis n. (Botany) An abnormal elongation of the axis of a flower or of an inflorescence. • DIAPHYSIS n. (Greek) the shaft of a long bone.
ECDYSISES	• ECDYSIS n. (Greek) the act of molting or shedding an outer cuticular layer (as in insects and crustaceans).
EMPHLYSIS	• emphlysis n. (Pathology) A vesicular tumour. • EMPHLYSIS n. a vesicular eruption.
EPIPHYSIS	• epiphysis n. (Anatomy) The pineal gland. • epiphysis n. (Anatomy) The rounded end of any long bone. • epiphysis n. (Zoology) A small upper piece of each half of an alveolus of a sea urchin.
HEMOLYSIS	• hemolysis n. (Medicine) The destruction of red blood cells, and subsequent release of hemoglobin, at the normal end… • HEMOLYSIS n. destruction of red blood corpuscles.
HOMOLYSIS	• homolysis n. (Chemistry) The decomposition of a substance without reacting with other substances. • homolysis n. The lysis of blood cells by homolysin. • HOMOLYSIS n. decomposition into two uncharged atoms or radicals.
LIPOLYSIS	• lipolysis n. (Organic chemistry) The hydrolysis of lipids. • lipolysis n. (Biochemistry) The reverse of lipogenesis in which stored fat is broken down. • LIPOLYSIS n. the disintegration of fat.
ONCOLYSIS	• oncolysis n. The breakdown or destruction of a tumour. • ONCOLYSIS n. the destruction of tumours.
PARALYSIS	• paralysis n. (Pathology) The complete loss of voluntary control of part of a person’s body, such as one or more limbs. • paralysis n. A state of being unable to act. • PARALYSIS n. the state of being unable to move.
PYROLYSIS	• pyrolysis n. (Chemistry, physics) The decomposition of a material or compound due to heat, in the absence of oxygen… • PYROLYSIS n. decomposition due to heat.
SYMPHYSIS	• symphysis n. (Anatomy) The process of two originally separate bones growing together as the subject matures, as with… • symphysis n. (Anatomy) A place where two bones are closely joined in the median plane of the body, either forming… • SYMPHYSIS n. the union or growing together of bones.
SYNCHYSIS	• synchysis n. (Poetics) A complicated, interlocking word-order pattern in early Latin verse, demonstrated by Virgil… • synchysis n. (Rhetoric) Confused arrangement of words in a sentence. • synchysis n. A confused mixture.
ZYMOLYSIS	• zymolysis n. (Chemistry) The action of enzymes in breaking down organic substances during fermentation. • ZYMOLYSIS n. the action of enzymes.

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