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sozine

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σῴζειν (sṓizein, to save).

Noun

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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.
    • 1895, Frantz Peckel Möller, Cod-liver Oil and Chemistry, page 442:
      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 in animals which by subcutaneous injections have artificially been made immune.

References

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  • The Collins Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014