\H[ae]m`a*tol"y*sis\, n. [NL.; h[ae]mato- + Gr. ? a loosing, dissolving, fr. ? 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.