neutrophile
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neu·tro·phil
(no͞o′trə-fĭl′, nyo͞o′-) also neu′tro·phile′ (-fīl′)n.
A phagocytic, granulocytic white blood cell that occurs in large numbers in the blood, typically moving into tissue after injury or infection, where it destroys bacteria and other pathogens and releases cytokines.
adj.
Neutrophilic.
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neutrophile
a cell or tissue that accepts a stain from a neutral solution. — neutrophilous, adj.
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Noun | 1. | neutrophile - the chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes 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) |
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neu·tro·phil
, neutrophilen. neutrófilo, leucocito-fagocito que se tiñe con colorantes neutrales.
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