opsonify

[op-son-uh-fahy]

verb (used with object), op·son·i·fied, op·son·i·fy·ing. Immunology.

to facilitate phagocytosis of (a microorganism, as a bacterium) by treatment with opsonin.

Origin of opsonify

opson(in) + -ify

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