opsonize
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op·so·nize
(ŏp'sə-nīz') 
tr.v., -nized, -niz·ing, -niz·es.
To make (bacteria or other cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes.
tr.v., -nized, -niz·ing, -niz·es.
To make (bacteria or other cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes.
[From OPSONIN.]
opsonization op'so·ni·za'tion (-nĭ-zā'shən) n.Related Videos:
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op·so·ni·za·tion
(ŏp'sə-nĭ-zā'shən)
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The process by which bacteria are altered by opsonins so as to become more readily and more efficiently engulfed by phagocytes.
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