neutrophil (redirected from Neutrophils)

neu·tro·phil  (ntr-fl, ny-)

adj.

Not stained strongly or definitely by either acid or basic dyes but stained readily by neutral dyes. Used especially of white blood cells.

n.

A neutrophil cell, especially an abundant type of granular white blood cell that is highly destructive of microorganisms.

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[neutr(al) + -phil(e).]

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neutro·phile (-fl), neutro·philic (-flk) adj.

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Noun

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neutrophil - the chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes neutrophile leucocyte, leukocyte, WBC, white blood cell, white blood corpuscle, white cell, white corpuscle - blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system microphage - a neutrophil that ingests small things (as bacteria)