Medical Dictionary

alpha hemolysis

noun

Medical Definition of ALPHA HEMOLYSIS

:  a greenish discoloration and partial hemolysis of the red blood cells immediately surrounding colonies of some streptococci on blood agar plates—compare beta hemolysis

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