neutrophil

American  

[noo-truh-fil, nyoo-] / ˈnu trə fɪl, ˈnju- /

Also neutrophile

adjective

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

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noun

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

neutrophil British  

/ ˈnjuːtrəˌfaɪl, ˈnjuːtrəˌfɪl /

noun

1. a leucocyte having a lobed nucleus and a fine granular cytoplasm, which stains with neutral dyes

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adjective

1. (of cells and tissues) readily stainable by neutral dyes

Etymology

Origin of neutrophil

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

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Example Sentences

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neutrophil

A neutrophil may survive for as much as 24 hours, although 12 hours is more typical.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 3, 2026

While chromosomes of rounded cells fold into stacked bundles of DNA loops, neutrophil genomes lack such loops.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 14, 2024

For example, a type of immune cell called a neutrophil migrates toward areas in the body that have a higher concentration of a protein called IL-8, which increases during infection.

From Salon ● Jan. 10, 2023

For example, when bacteria invade the human body, a type of white blood cell called a neutrophil will remove the invaders by this process.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

In the majority of the animals observed, he found too that the polynuclear cells contained neutrophil granules; in only one animal, the white mouse, did he find them, or granulations analogous to them, completely wanting.

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

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