opsonin
(ŏp-sō′nĭn)
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[Gr. opsonein, to purchase food]
A substance that coats foreign antigens, making them more susceptible to macrophages and other leukocytes, thus increasing phagocytosis of the organism. Complement and antibodies are the two main opsonins in human blood.
opsonic (-sŏn′ĭk)
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Opsonin." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/747897/0/opsonin.
Opsonin. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/747897/0/opsonin. Accessed March 28, 2024.
Opsonin. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/747897/0/opsonin
Opsonin [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 March 28]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/747897/0/opsonin.
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