sozine

English

Alternative forms

• sozin

Etymology

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

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.
   • 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

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