Usually means: Enhance phagocytosis by marking pathogens.
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  1. opsonize: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. opsonize: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. opsonize: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. opsonize: Wiktionary
  7. opsonize: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. opsonize: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. opsonize: Dictionary.com
  10. Opsonize: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. opsonize: Rhymezone
  12. opsonize: FreeDictionary.org
  13. opsonize: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. opsonize: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. opsonize: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. opsonize: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. opsonize: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (opsonize)

verb:  (transitive) To make (bacteria or other cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes by use of opsonins.
verb:  (intransitive) To become more susceptible to the action of phagocytes by use of opsonins.

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