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Meaning of "opsonise" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OPSONISE

opsonise  [ˈɒpsəˌnaɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OPSONISE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Opsonise is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb opsonise in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO OPSONISE

PRESENT

Present
I opsonise
you opsonise
he/she/it opsonises
we opsonise
you opsonise
they opsonise
Present continuous
I am opsonising
you are opsonising
he/she/it is opsonising
we are opsonising
you are opsonising
they are opsonising
Present perfect
I have opsonised
you have opsonised
he/she/it has opsonised
we have opsonised
you have opsonised
they have opsonised
Present perfect continuous
I have been opsonising
you have been opsonising
he/she/it has been opsonising
we have been opsonising
you have been opsonising
they have been opsonising
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I opsonised
you opsonised
he/she/it opsonised
we opsonised
you opsonised
they opsonised
Past continuous
I was opsonising
you were opsonising
he/she/it was opsonising
we were opsonising
you were opsonising
they were opsonising
Past perfect
I had opsonised
you had opsonised
he/she/it had opsonised
we had opsonised
you had opsonised
they had opsonised
Past perfect continuous
I had been opsonising
you had been opsonising
he/she/it had been opsonising
we had been opsonising
you had been opsonising
they had been opsonising
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will opsonise
you will opsonise
he/she/it will opsonise
we will opsonise
you will opsonise
they will opsonise
Future continuous
I will be opsonising
you will be opsonising
he/she/it will be opsonising
we will be opsonising
you will be opsonising
they will be opsonising
Future perfect
I will have opsonised
you will have opsonised
he/she/it will have opsonised
we will have opsonised
you will have opsonised
they will have opsonised
Future perfect continuous
I will have been opsonising
you will have been opsonising
he/she/it will have been opsonising
we will have been opsonising
you will have been opsonising
they will have been opsonising
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would opsonise
you would opsonise
he/she/it would opsonise
we would opsonise
you would opsonise
they would opsonise
Conditional continuous
I would be opsonising
you would be opsonising
he/she/it would be opsonising
we would be opsonising
you would be opsonising
they would be opsonising
Conditional perfect
I would have opsonise
you would have opsonise
he/she/it would have opsonise
we would have opsonise
you would have opsonise
they would have opsonise
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been opsonising
you would have been opsonising
he/she/it would have been opsonising
we would have been opsonising
you would have been opsonising
they would have been opsonising
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you opsonise
we let´s opsonise
you opsonise
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to opsonise
Past participle
opsonised
Present Participle
opsonising
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OPSONISE


agonize
ˈæɡəˌnaɪz
colonise
ˈkɒləˌnaɪz
colonize
ˈkɒləˌnaɪz
dehumanize
diːˈhjuːməˌnaɪz
euthanize
ˈjuːθəˌnaɪz
harmonize
ˈhɑːməˌnaɪz
humanize
ˈhjuːməˌnaɪz
ionize
ˈaɪəˌnaɪz
ironise
ˈaɪrəˌnaɪz
Italianize
ɪˈtæljəˌnaɪz
mechanize
ˈmɛkəˌnaɪz
modernize
ˈmɒdəˌnaɪz
organize
ˈɔːɡəˌnaɪz
patronize
ˈpætrəˌnaɪz
personize
ˈpɜːsəˌnaɪz
reorganize
riːˈɔːɡəˌnaɪz
revolutionize
ˌrɛvəˈluːʃəˌnaɪz
synchronise
ˈsɪŋkrəˌnaɪz
synchronize
ˈsɪŋkrəˌnaɪz
westernize
ˈwɛstəˌnaɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OPSONISE

ops.
opsimath
opsimathy
opsin
opsiometer
opsomania
opsomaniac
opsonic
opsonic index
opsonification
opsonify
opsonin
opsonisation
opsonium
opsonization
opsonize
opt
opt in
opt out
opt-out

WORDS THAT END LIKE OPSONISE

adonise
agonise
antagonise
canonise
caponise
carbonise
decarbonise
decolonise
demonise
ebonise
euphonise
gluttonise
ionise
jargonise
lionise
organise
ozonise
preconise
recolonise
resynchronise
revolutionise

Synonyms and antonyms of opsonise in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «opsonise» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OPSONISE

Find out the translation of opsonise to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of opsonise from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «opsonise» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

opsonise
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

opsonise
570 millions of speakers

English

opsonise
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

opsonise
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

opsonise
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

opsonise
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

opsonise
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

opsonise
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

opsoniser
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Opsonise
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

opsonise
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

オプソニン化
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

opsonise
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Opsonise
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

opsonise
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

opsonise
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Opsonise
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

opsonize
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

opsonise
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

opsonise
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

opsonise
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

opsonise
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

opsonise
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

opsonise
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

opsonise
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

opsonise
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of opsonise

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OPSONISE»

The term «opsonise» is barely ever used and occupies the 201.992 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OPSONISE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «opsonise» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «opsonise» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about opsonise

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OPSONISE»

Discover the use of opsonise in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to opsonise and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Transplantation at a Glance
Complement activation also leads to the production of anaphylotoxins (C3a and C5a), which activate neutrophils and mast cells, promoting inflammation. In addition, C3b can opsonise pathogens for uptake by complement receptors CR1 and ...
Menna Clatworthy, Christopher Watson, Michael Allison, 2012
2
Mosby's Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing and Health ...
... product that, on attaching to foreign material, microorganisms or other antigens , enhances phagocytosis of that substance by phagocytes. —opsonise, v. opsonisation /op'saniza'shan/ [Gk, opsonein + izein, to cause] , the action of opsonin.
Peter Harris, Sue Nagy, Nicholas Vardaxis, 2009
3
Concise Clinical Immunology for Healthcare Professionals
Antibodies bind and neutralise bacterial toxins. ◇ Antibodies opsonise bacteria, facilitating their ingestion and destruction by macrophages or neutrophils. ◇ Antibodies activate complement, which can lyse bacteria or opsonise microbes.
Mary Keogan, Eleanor M. Wallace, Paula O'Leary, 2006
4
Immunity to Parasitic Infection
Acute phase proteins opsonise invading pathogens, promoting their phagocytosis and activating the complement pathway to induce pathogen lysis – the latter a particular feature of mannose-binding lectin (MBL) which activates the  ...
Tracey Lamb, 2012
5
Applied Basic Science for Basic Surgical Training
In the process, C2, C3 and C4are split intofragments, thesmallerofwhich (C2a, C3a, C4a) are chemotactic and thelargerof which(C3b, C4b)bindto immune complexes to opsonise or solubilisethem, or to a pathogen surface to opsonise it.
Andrew T Raftery, 2011
6
Viva Tutorials for Surgeons in Training
Antibody binding can activate the complement system, which in turn can opsonise bacteria (make them more easily phagocytosed) or kill them directly by forming the membrane attack complex. Antibody binding itself can opsonise organism by ...
Reuben Johnson, Wendy Adams, Jonathan Bull, 2004
7
The Resolution of Inflammation
A more detailed mechanism for activation of complement by the classical pathway at the apoptotic cell surface has also been put forward where natural IgM antibodies opsonise the apoptotic cell [41, 40, 43] and initiate complement activation.
Adriano G. Rossi, Deborah A. Sawatzky, 2008
8
Innate Immunity of Plants, Animals and Humans
Target-bound complement proteins opsonise the target by promoting interaction with phagocytic cells which express complement receptors. The complement system appears to be highly conserved in vertebrates, although research on reptiles ...
Holger Heine, 2007
9
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Containing ...
And we can be certain that if the bacterial suspension contains only such number of microbes as the weakest blood is able to kill, agglutinate, or opsonise, no differences can be expected to emerge between the several bloods. \Ve cannot, for ...
Royal Society (Great Britain), 1912
10
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Containing ...
And we can be certain that if the bacterial suspension contains only such number of microbes as the weakest blood is able to kill, agglutinate, or opsonise, no differences can be expected to emerge between the several bloods. We cannot, for ...
‎1912

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