eosinophil
Histology. any cell, tissue, organism, or substance that has an affinity for eosin and other acid stains.
Cell Biology. a leukocyte having eosinophilic granules in the cytoplasm and usually a bilobate nucleus.
Origin of eosinophil
1- Also e·o·sin·o·phile [ee-uh-sin-uh-fahyl]. /ˌi əˈsɪn əˌfaɪl/.
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How to use eosinophil in a sentence
Very constant also is a marked absolute, and often a relative, increase of eosinophiles and basophiles.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddOther381 varieties—the eosinophiles, lymphocytes, etc.—are less mobile and have still less marked phagocytic properties.
The completeness and rapidity of the breaking down depends on the number of eosinophiles present.
Handbook of Medical Entomology | William Albert RileyEosinophiles are formed in the bone-marrow from eosinophilic myelocytes.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddThis would explain the rle of the eosinophiles in the black-fly lesion.
Handbook of Medical Entomology | William Albert Riley
British Dictionary definitions for eosinophil
eosinophile (ˌiːəʊˈsɪnəˌfaɪl)
/ (ˌiːəʊˈsɪnəˌfɪl) /
a leucocyte with a multilobed nucleus and coarse granular cytoplasm that stains readily with acidic dyes such as eosin
Derived forms of eosinophil
- eosinophilic or eosinophilous (ˌiːəʊsɪˈnɒfɪləs), adjective
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