opsonic index


noun
  1. the ratio of the number of bacteria destroyed by phagocytes in the blood of a test patient to the number destroyed in the blood of a normal individual

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  • Wright and his followers regard the opsonic index as an index of the power of the body to combat bacterial invasion.

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