Definitions for neutrophil

neutrophil neu·tro·phil

Spelling: [noo-truh-fil, nyoo-]
IPA: /ˈnu trə fɪl, ˈnyu-/

Neutrophil is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 810 anagrams from letters in neutrophil (ehilnoprtu).

Definitions for neutrophil

noun

  1. a phagocytic white blood cell having a lobulate nucleus and neutrophil granules in the cytoplasm.

adjective

  1. (of a cell or cell part) having an affinity for neutral dyes.

Origin of neutrophil

First recorded in 1885-90; neutro- + -phil

Examples for neutrophil

The mononuclear and transitional forms of the neutrophil group, do not under normal circumstances pass over into the blood-stream.

The nuclei are greenish, the red blood corpuscles orange, the acidophil granulation copper red, the neutrophil violet.

Of great theoretical interest is the contrast between eosinophil and neutrophil cells.

The mast cell granulations are stained pure blue, the eosinophil red, the neutrophil in mixed colour.

In isolated cases the increase at this time was very considerable; and in one case amounted almost to 12% of all neutrophil cells.

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