Opsonic Definition

ŏp-sŏnĭk
adjective
Of, relating to, or produced by opsonins.
American Heritage Medicine

Origin of Opsonic

  • Formed as opsōn- (the present stem of the Classical Latin obsōnō, opsōnō: “I purchase provisions", “I cater") + the English -ic; compare the contemporary English opsonin and the slightly later French opsonique.

    From Wiktionary

  • opson(in) –ic

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Opsonic Sentence Examples

  • In this case a general reaction is stimulated by the vaccine which may aid in the destruction of the invading organisms. In regulating the administration of such vaccines he has introduced the method of observing the opsonic index, to which reference is made below.

  • Of these the most important are (a) bacteriolytic or lysogenic action, (b) agglutinative action, and (c) opsonic action.

  • In estimating the opsonic power of the serum in cases of disease a control with normal serum is made at the same time and under precisely the same conditions.

  • The object in such treatment is to raise the opsonic index of the serum, this being taken as an indication of increased immunity.

  • The effect of the injection of a small quantity of vaccine is usually to produce an increase in the opsonic index within a few days.

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Words Starting With

OOPOPS

Words Ending With

CICNIC

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opsonic

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With O7 Letter Words Ending With C