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neutrophil

[ noo-truh-fil, nyoo- ]

adjective

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


noun

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

neutrophil

/ ˈnjuːtrəˌfaɪl; ˈnjuːtrəˌfɪl /

noun

  1. a leucocyte having a lobed nucleus and a fine granular cytoplasm, which stains with neutral dyes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. (of cells and tissues) readily stainable by neutral dyes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of neutrophil1

First recorded in 1885–90; neutro- + -phil
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Example Sentences

Glitches in RNA functioning can result in improperly assembled proteins, affecting neutrophils’ ability to zap the germs with their oxidative burst.

In the process, neutrophils die too, but the body makes more.

Sometimes Jongco would even hand-deliver them—CSHL is only 15 minutes away and neutrophils don’t live long outside the body, so timing was of the essence.

If proteins come out nearly complete, the neutrophils might be able to do their job semi-decently, resulting in milder symptoms.

The presence of those immune proteins was linked to having high levels of neutrophils in the blood and proteins that suggested the neutrophils had joined the fight.

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

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.

In contradistinction to the polynuclear neutrophil elements, these mononuclear forms shew no amœboid movement on the warm stage.

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

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