Home › Words › A › aerolysinaerolysinaerolysin means A cytolytic pore-forming toxin exported by Aeromonas hydrophila bacteria.EtymologyFrom Aeromonas, lyse, + -in.nounA cytolytic pore-forming toxin exported by Aeromonas hydrophila bacteriaDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.aeruginolysin 74% match — A proteinase formed by Pseudomonas aeruginosa vs aerolysin →pleurotolysin 70% match — A particular cytolysin vs aerolysin →actinoporin 69% match — A type of actinotoxin that form pores in membranes that contain sphingomyelin vs aerolysin →alveolysin 66% match — A hemolysin, similar to listeriolysin, produced by Bacillus alvei vs aerolysin →cyclolysin 65% match — A haemolysin found in the bacterium Bordetella pertussis vs aerolysin →anthrolysin 65% match — A toxic cytolysin present in the bacterium Bacillus anthracis. vs aerolysin →aureolysin 64% match — An extracellular metalloprotease expressed by Staphylococcus aureus vs aerolysin →aegerolysin 64% match — Any of a group of hemolytic proteins, many of which possess antitumoral, antiproliferative and antibacterial properties vs aerolysin →