Literally meaning: ?to supply or prepare food?
Origin: Anc Greek
?????/opsono(=buy meat or food) >????/opson(=meat, spice, food, fish)
Coined/History
In 1904 by British bacteriologist and immunologis Almroth Wright coined (1861?1947) who noticed a phagocytosis-promoting effect of serum bacause of some unknown substances.
Definition
An opsonin is any molecule that attaches an antigen enhancing phagocytosis.
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Term: phagocytosisLiterally meaning: "the eating of cells"Origin: Anc Greek?????/phagos(=eater) > ??????/ephagon(=indefinite tense of verb "?????"/esthio(eat, devour)+cyte(=combining form meaning ?cell? derived from anc Greek word ??????/cytion (=box,...
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