verb (used with object), op·so·nized, op·so·niz·ing. Immunology.
- to increase the susceptibility of (bacteria) to ingestion by phagocytes.
verb
- (tr) to subject (bacteria) to the action of opsonins
n.
- The process by which bacteria are altered by opsonins so as to become more readily and more efficiently engulfed by phagocytes.
v.
- To make bacteria or other cells more susceptible to the action of phagocytes.