OPSONIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does opsonization mean? 

• OPSONIZATION (noun)
  The noun OPSONIZATION has 1 sense:

1. process whereby opsonins make an invading microorganism more susceptible to phagocytosis

  Familiarity information: OPSONIZATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OPSONIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Process whereby opsonins make an invading microorganism more susceptible to phagocytosis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

opsonisation; opsonization

Hypernyms ("opsonization" is a kind of...):

activity; bodily function; bodily process; body process (an organic process that takes place in the body)

Derivation:

opsonize (make (cells) more susceptible to the action of phagocytes)

 Context examples 

This agent may cause the opsonization and elimination of CD3-positive T cells from the circulation by mononuclear phagocytes in the liver and spleen.

(muromonab-CD3, NCI Thesaurus)

FN is involved in embryogenesis, cell adhesion, migration, and motility, opsonization, wound healing, coagulation, host defense, cell shape, and metastasis.

(Fibronectin, NCI Thesaurus)

The agent stimulates a hyperacute rejection of whole melanoma cancer cells expressing alphaGal epitopes, initiated by opsonization by anti-alphaGal antibodies and followed by antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity (ADCC) and cell lysis.

(B16alphaGal Melanoma Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

The complement system also plays a role in antibody-dependent cytolysis, anaphylaxis, phagocytosis, opsonization, chemotaxis, and hemolysis.

(Complement Degradation Process, NCI Thesaurus)