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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of, relating to, or produced by opsonins.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to opsonin.

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  • adjective Relating to, produced by, or involving opsonin.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[opson(in) + –ic.]

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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.

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