| 释义 |
opsonic, a. Bacteriology.|ɒpˈsɒnɪk|
[f. as next + -ic.]
Of or pertaining to opsonins; produced by or involving opsonins.
1903[see next]. 1906Practitioner Dec. 750 A doubling of the opsonic index means that the quantity of opsonin present has been increased in a far greater proportion. 1911G. B. Shaw Doctor's Dilemma Pref. p. xxxviii, A few doctors have now learnt the danger of inoculating without any reference to the patient's ‘opsonic index’ at the moment of inoculation. 1929Topley & Wilson Princ. Bacteriol. & Immunity I. vi. 175 Normal serum loses almost all its opsonic action when diluted 15 times with saline. 1950C. J. Witton Microbiol. xxii. 297 Opsonic test. If the patient's white blood cells show unusual ability to engulf the bacteria, it indicates the presence of specific opsonins. 1969H. I. Winner Microbiol. in Mod. Nursing xiii. 154 Yet another serological test, not much used today, is that to determine the opsonic index of a serum. 1972Pediatrics XLIX. 225 (heading) Fatal familial Leiner's disease: a deficiency of the opsonic activity of serum complement. |