eosinophil

[ ee-uh-sin-uh-fil ]

/ ˌi əˈsɪn ə fɪl /

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noun

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.

adjective

eosinophilic.

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Also e·o·sin·o·phile

[ee-uh-sin-uh-fahyl]. /ˌi əˈsɪn əˌfaɪl/.

Origin of eosinophil

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

Words nearby eosinophil

eonism, eo nomine, EOP, Eos, eosin, eosinophil, eosinophilia, eosinophilic, Eötvös, Eötvös experiment, Eötvös torsion balance

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How to use eosinophil in a sentence

Brightling says blood tests can provide helpful information on eosinophils and other immune system players that give rise to a person’s asthma symptoms.
What to Know About the Latest Advances in Managing Severe Asthma|Markham Heid|June 23, 2022|Time
The mast cell granulations are stained pure blue, the eosinophil red, the neutrophil in mixed colour.
Histology of the Blood|Paul Ehrlich
The hæmoglobin and eosinophil granules are red, the nuclei stain in the colour of hæmatoxylin.
Histology of the Blood|Paul Ehrlich
The true eosinophil granulation remains, on the other hand, quite unchanged under these conditions.
Histology of the Blood|Paul Ehrlich

In their general appearance, in the size of the cell and the granulation, they completely correspond to the eosinophil cell.
Histology of the Blood|Paul Ehrlich
The eosinophil cells oscillate at this period about the upper normal limit.
Histology of the Blood|Paul Ehrlich

British Dictionary definitions for eosinophil

eosinophil

eosinophile (ˌiːəʊˈsɪnəˌfaɪl)

/ (ˌiːəʊˈsɪnəˌfɪl) /

noun

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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