biolysis
‘the destruction of life’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
bio- + -lysis < Gk. lysis ‘a loosening, setting free, releasing’ < lyein ‘to unfasten, loose, loosen, untie’ < luh < leu- < Tamil aṟuttal
biolysis
English words derived from Tamil aṟuttal connoting ‘cutting’