The suffix ‘lytic’ is a common ending for many words in the English language, and can be used to describe a wide range of processes. This list of words with the suffix ‘lytic’ contains 135 words, arranged by common usage.
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Examples of words with the suffix ‘lytic’ include ‘zymolytic’ (relating to the decomposition of proteins), ‘galactolytic’ (relating to the breakdown of milk sugar), ‘endotheliolytic’ (relating to the destruction of the inner lining of blood vessels), ‘dialytic’ (relating to the separation of substances by dialysis) and ‘thrombolytic’ (relating to the breakdown of blood clots).
The words arranged in the lists below are in order of frequency of use, from left to right and down.
analytic
catalytic
psychoanalytic
electrolytic
hemolytic
proteolytic
thrombolytic
paralytic
fibrinolytic
hydrolytic
glycolytic
anxiolytic
haemolytic
pyrolytic
cytolytic
photocatalytic
autocatalytic
lipolytic
cryptanalytic
osteolytic
nonparalytic
peptidolytic
ovolytic
patholytic
nonpsychoanalytic
psychanalytic
orchilytic
nonelectrolytic
leucolytic
lymphatolytic
lyolytic
mazolytic
microanalytic
mucinolytic
mucolytic
nephrolytic
neurolytic
neuroparalytic
nonanalytic
litholytic
noncatalytic
leucocytolytic
peptolytic
phagocytolytic
sympatholytic
solvolytic
spasmolytic
spermatolytic
spermolytic
steatolytic
tachylytic
thermolytic
tigrolytic
trypanolytic
unanalytic
uricolytic
urolytic
semiparalytic
semicatalytic
phagolytic
phosphorolytic
subparalytic
photolytic
plasmolytic
pneumatolytic
postparalytic
pseudoparalytic
radiolytic
saccharolytic
sarcolytic
scialytic
semianalytic
zymolytic
ketolytic
acetolytic
anticatalytic
antihemolytic
antilytic
antiparalytic
autoanalytic
autocytolytic
autoelectrolytic
autohemolytic
autolytic
auxilytic
bacteriolytic
biocatalytic
biolytic
antibacteriolytic
anhemolytic
acidoproteolytic
adipolytic
adrenolytic
alcoholytic
allelocatalytic
amylohydrolytic
amylolytic
aminolytic
amminolytic
ammonolytic
ampholytic
angioparalytic
anhaemolytic
campholytic
carcinolytic
cellulolytic
galactolytic
gastrolytic
glycogenolytic
hematolytic
hepatolytic
heterolytic
hydatopneumatolytic
hypnoanalytic
histodialytic
histolytic
homolytic
karyolytic
katalytic
erythrolytic
erythrocytolytic
chemolytic
cholinolytic
chromatolytic
colytic
cryptoanalytic
dialytic
electroanalytic
electrocatalytic
electrodialytic
electrostenolytic
endotheliolytic
enzymolytic
epitheliolytic
keratolytic
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