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OPSONIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they opsonize ... he / she / it opsonizes
Past simple: opsonized
Past participle: opsonized
-ing form: opsonizing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "opsonize" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Derivation:
opsonisation; opsonization (process whereby opsonins make an invading microorganism more susceptible to phagocytosis)
