angiolysin

Term: angiolysin

Literally meaning: “that which breaks  up vessels”

Origin: Anc Greek

αγγείο/aggio (=vessel, receptacle) > άγγος/aggos(=tube)

+ λύσις/lysis (=loosing) > λύω/leo (break up, solve) à dissolution or a riot

Coined/History

The term was coined by Bernhard Glodny and Guido F Pauli  after angiolysin isolation from renal medulla and named it due to its extremely potent vasodilatory properties.

Source

Bernhard Glodny^, and Guido F Pauli, The Vasodepressor Function of the Kidney: Further Characterization of Medullipin and a Second Hormone Designated Angiolysin Hypertension Research (2006) 29, 533–544; doi:10.1291/hypres.29.533

Definition
Angiolysin is a  vasodilator hormone from renal medulla of  kidneys .