Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To make (bacteria or other cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To produce opsonins in; affect by means of opsonins.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To make (
bacteria or othercells ) more susceptible to the action ofphagocytes by use ofopsonins .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb make (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From opsonin.]
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Examples
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I am not now attempting to enumerate the well-recognised odours of animals such as are extracted from them by man in order to "opsonize" himself, but am pointing to the more obscure cases.
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