neutrophil

POS

Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

neu=tro=phil

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun neutrophil has 1 sense

neutrophil(n = noun.body) neutrophile - the chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes; Array

is a kind of leucocyte, leukocyte, wbc, white blood cell, white blood corpuscle, white cell, white corpuscle

has particulars: microphage

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CIDE DICTIONARY

neutrophil, n. [L. neuter + Gr. loving.].

One of a group of leukocytes whose granules stain only with neutral dyes; it is the chief phagocytic leukocyte in the circulating blood, comprising from 54% to 65% of the total number of leukocytes. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

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