Usually means: Destroys cells by causing lysis.
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We found 24 dictionaries that define the word lytic:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. -lytic, lytic: Merriam-Webster
  2. -lytic, lytic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. lytic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. -lytic, lytic: Collins English Dictionary
  5. lytic: Wordnik
  6. -lytic, lytic: Wiktionary
  7. -lytic, lytic: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. -lytic: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. lytic: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. -lytic, lytic: Dictionary.com
  11. Lytic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. lytic: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. -lytic: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements

Medicine (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. lytic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Lytic: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  6. lytic: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  7. -lytic, lytic: Medical dictionary
  8. Lytic: Drug Medical Dictionary
  9. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Lytic: Biology dictionary
  2. AGRICULTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECHNOLOGY (No longer online)

(Note: See lytically as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (lytic)

adjective:  of, relating to, or causing lysis
adjective:  of or relating to lysin

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