1 Harsh and strict treatment in the military for cadets is an example of rigor. 2  Freezing weather and ice are examples of the rigors of winter. 3  Difficult and challenging academic courses are an example of academic rigor.  harshness or severity; specif.,
The suffix-lysis means to breakdown; separation; destruction; or loosening.
Hemolysis, also spelled haemolysis (from the Greek Î±á¼·Î¼Î± (aima, haema, hemo-) meaning blood and Î»ÏÏÎ¹Ï (lusis, lysis, -lysis) meaning a loosing, setting free or releasing), is the rupturing of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their contents (cytoplasm) into surrounding fluid (e.g. blood plasma).