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sozine

sozine noun: an antiseptic substance; any protein normally contained in the body of an animal and forming a natural protection against germs.

Noun

sozine (plural sozines)

  1. (obsolete) An antiseptic substance; any protein normally contained in the body of an animal and forming a natural protection against germs.
    • These albuminous substances, whether found as normal products or created artificially in the blood, are distinguished as antitoxins, protective proteïds, vaccines, or alexines; physiologically they have been divided into sozines, those found in animals naturally immune, and phylaxines, those found...1895, Frantz Peckel Möller, Cod-liver Oil and Chemistry, page 442

Forms of sozine

pluralsozines
alternative formsozin

Origin of sozine

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σῴζειν (sōízein, “to save”).

Words formed from sozine

Questions about sozine

What does sozine mean?
Sozine means an antiseptic substance; any protein normally contained in the body of an animal and forming a natural protection against germs.
What part of speech is sozine?
Sozine is a noun.
What is the plural of sozine?
The plural of sozine is sozines.

Words near sozine in the dictionary

  1. Sozas
  2. Sozi
  3. sozialism
  4. sozialist
  5. sozin
  6. sozine
  7. sozines
  8. sozins
  9. Sozis
  10. sozological
  11. sozology

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