Opsonin Definition

ŏpsə-nĭn
noun
A substance in blood serum acting on bacteria and foreign cells to make them more liable to destruction by phagocytes.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Opsonin

Noun

Singular:
opsonin
Plural:
opsonins

Origin of Opsonin

  • Latin opsōnāre to buy provisions (from Greek opsōnein) (from opson condiment, delicacy epi in Indo-European roots) –in

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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