Term: opsonization: process whereby opsonins make an invading microorganism more susceptible to phagocytosis
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: pyelography: roentgenography of the kidney and ureters (usually after injection with a radiopaque dye)
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: bow: a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: chlorate: any salt of chloric acid
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: coryanthes: small genus of tropical American epiphytic or lithophytic orchids
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: saponin: any of various plant glucosides that form soapy lathers when mixed and agitated with water; used in detergents and foaming agents and emulsifiers
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: preparation: the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: barrel: a tube through which a bullet travels when a gun is fired
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: demonstrator: a teacher or teacher's assistant who demonstrates the principles that are being taught
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: jellyfish: any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans
Broader: entity: that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving) | Unrelated: sound law: a law describing sound changes in the history of a language