neutrophil
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From German Neutrophil, from neutro- (“neutro-”) + -phil (“-phile”), equivalent to neutro- + -phil.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
neutrophil
- (biology, medicine) Of a cell: being more easily or more fully stained by neutral dyes than by acidic or alkaline (basic) ones.
Translations[edit]
easily stained by neutral dyes
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Noun[edit]
neutrophil (plural neutrophils)
- (biology, medicine) Such a cell, especially a particular type of white blood cell.
- 2011, Terence Allen, Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 89:
- One litre of human blood contains about five billion neutrophils (around half of all white blood cells).
Synonyms[edit]
Hypernyms[edit]
- granulocyte
- multinuclear leukocyte
- polymorphonuclear leukocyte
- PMN
- PML
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