Definition of "opsonic" [opsonic]

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

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• "Faced with such facts, some scientists stress the need to study not only the opsonic property of blood fluid but also to take into account the phagocytic function of the white corpuscles themselves."
• "He even judges the progress of immunity and cure according to the opsonic strength of the blood fluid."
• "We said above that this method was coming to be joined by that of determination of the property of phagocytes, independently of the opsonic action in itself."