opsonin
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of opsonin
1900–05; < Latin opsōn ( ium ) victuals (< Greek opsōnía, derivative of opsōneîn to buy provisions) + -in 2
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A clathrin coating enhances phagocytosis, whereas opsonin reverses the process of phagocytosis.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
The "opsonin," or "relish," is something exuded into or produced in the blood fluid when the attacking microbe arrives.
From More Science From an Easy Chair by Lankester, E. Ray (Edwin Ray), Sir
The opsonin is simple rot, as any capable surgeon can tell you; but we're all delighted to see your personal qualities officially recognized.
From The Doctor's Dilemma by Shaw, Bernard
Send a drop of the patient's blood to the laboratory at St. Anne's; and in fifteen minutes I'll give you his opsonin index in figures.
From The Doctor's Dilemma by Shaw, Bernard
By the time this preface is in print the kaleidoscope may have had another shake; and opsonin may have gone the way of phlogiston at the hands of its own restless discoverer.
From The Doctor's Dilemma: Preface on Doctors by Shaw, Bernard
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