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Opsonin(health)
Opsonin(medicine)
opsonin(dictionary)
normal opsonin(medicine)
gono-opsonin(medicine)
immune opsonin(medicine)
common opsonin(medicine)
thermostable opsonin(medicine)
thermolabile opsonin(medicine)

Rugosa (medicine) and Opsonin (medicine)


Rugosa (medicine)


rugosa
<paleontology> An extinct tribe of fossil corals, including numerous species, many of them of large size. They are characteristic of the Paleozoic formations. The radiating septs, when present, are usually in multiples of four. See Cyathophylloid.

Origin: NL. See Rugose.

Source: Websters Dictionary


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).