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English
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σῴζειν (sṓizein, “to save”).
Noun
sozine (plural sozines)
- (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