opsonizing

Variant of opsonize

opsonize definition

op·so·nize (äp′sə nīz′)

transitive verb opsonized -·nized′, opsonizing -·niz′·ing

to make bacteria more liable to destruction by phagocytes

Etymology: see opsonin

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