opsonization

1. 1.

   process whereby opsonins make an invading microorganism more susceptible to phagocytosis

   Synonymsopsonisation

   Broaderbodily process

Other forms of opsonization

plural

opsonizations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about opsonization

What does opsonization mean?

opsonization means "process whereby opsonins make an invading microorganism more susceptible to phagocytosis".

How many syllables are in opsonization?

opsonization has 6 syllables: op-so-ni-za-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for opsonization?

Close synonyms include opsonisation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is opsonization a common word?

opsonization is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.