See Also: Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Opsonin(health)
Opsonin(medicine)
opsonin(dictionary)
normal opsonin(medicine)
gono-opsonin(medicine)
immune opsonin(medicine)
common opsonin(medicine)
thermostable opsonin(medicine)
thermolabile opsonin(medicine)

Opsonin (medicine)


opsonin
<protein> Substance that binds to the surface of a particle and enhances the uptake of the particle by a phagocyte. Probably the most important in mammals derive from complement (C3b or C3bi) or immunoglobulins which are bound through the Fc receptor).