The prefix lyso-, meaning dissolution, is not used alone. Some
medical terms using lyso- include lysotype and lysozyme.
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Arcturus: 37 ly
Altair: 16.8 ly
Betelgeuse: 640 ly
Sirius: 8.6 ly
So Sirius is the closest.
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Because the lisosome, an enzyme, cannot deffrentiate the host
from the food. So basically, it will degrade everything it
encounters. In this case, intracellular digestion is a means of
self-protection.
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No, it isn't. The drug manufacture (Shire) has bonded the active
compound (dextroamphetamine) with an amino acid (lyso?) rendering
it useless when inhaled. The amino acid component only breaks down
in gastric juices in the stomach; then rendering the active
compound to its intended state.