What does «lisar» mean in Spanish?

Decompose by lysis (process of lysins rupturing the cell membrane of cells or bacteria). Hemolysin lyses red blood cells, leukolysin lyses leukocytes, bacterolysins can lyse bacteria.

Examples of use in Spanish: "las lisinas son proteínas séricas capaces de destruir (lisar) células".

"las lisinas tienen diversas denominaciones en función de las células que lisan".
Old form of "to cripple"; to produce injury, damage.