opsonization

verb (used with object), op·so·nized, op·so·niz·ing. Immunology.

1. to increase the susceptibility of (bacteria) to ingestion by phagocytes.

verb

1. (tr) to subject (bacteria) to the action of opsonins

n.

1. The process by which bacteria are altered by opsonins so as to become more readily and more efficiently engulfed by phagocytes.

v.

1. To make bacteria or other cells more susceptible to the action of phagocytes.