eosinophil

American  

[ee-uh-sin-uh-fil] / ˌi əˈsɪn ə fɪl /

Also eosinophile

noun

1. Histology. any cell, tissue, organism, or substance that has an affinity for eosin and other acid stains.

2. Cell Biology. a leukocyte having eosinophilic granules in the cytoplasm and usually a bilobate nucleus.

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adjective

1. eosinophilic.

eosinophil British  

/ ˌiːəʊˈsɪnəˌfaɪl, ˌiːəʊˈsɪnəˌfɪl /

noun

1. a leucocyte with a multilobed nucleus and coarse granular cytoplasm that stains readily with acidic dyes such as eosin

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Other Word Forms

• eosinophilic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of eosinophil

First recorded in 1885–90; eosin + -o- + -phil(e)

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

eosinophil

Benralizumab targets a type of white blood cell - called an eosinophil - that can cause inflammation and damage in the lungs.

From BBC ● Nov. 27, 2024

Benralizumab is a biologic therapy that reduces the number of inflammatory cells called eosinophil.

From Science Daily ● Dec. 8, 2023

Indeed, her eosinophil count was quite high — eight times the level normally seen.

From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2023

Ian Pavord, an airway-disease researcher at the University of Oxford, UK, found that the higher the eosinophil levels in people with COPD, the more effective steroids are at managing exacerbations6.

From Nature ● May 12, 2020

Jolly however was recently able to examine a specimen from a case of typical leukæmia, in which nearly all the eosinophil cells shewed active movement.

From Histology of the Blood Normal and Pathological by W. Myers