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Definition of Neutrophile
1. Noun. The chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes.
Generic synonyms: Leucocyte, Leukocyte, Wbc, White Blood Cell, White Blood Corpuscle, White Cell, White Corpuscle
Specialized synonyms: Microphage
Definition of Neutrophile
1. n. One of a group of leucocytes whose granules stain only with neutral dyes.
Definition of Neutrophile
1. Noun. (biology) Any organism that thrives in a relatively neutral pH ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Neutrophile
Literary usage of Neutrophile
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1911)
"Further Observations Concerning the Value and Importance of Leukocytosis and the
neutrophile Blood Picture in Appendicitis.— KOHL (Mitt. ad Grenzgeb. d. ..."
2. The Biology of the Blood-cells with a Glossary of Hæmatological Terms: For by Oskar Cameron Gruner (1914)
"Section I.—THE BONE-MARROW AS A WHITE CELL FACTORY : The seat of manufacture of
the neutrophile leucocyte—Graphic representation of varying states of ..."
3. Clinical pathology of the blood: A Treatise on the General Principles and by James Ewing (1903)
"Whichever view may be correct, it is certain that the neutrophile myelocytes ...
The opinion widely held that neutrophile leucocytes are developmental forme ..."
4. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman, Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) (1902)
"The number of neutrophile elements in the passages was mostly very small.
They seemed mostly to be less numerous than the eosinophile elements. ..."
5. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1905)
"The "neutrophile" of the granules is not always the same when different ...
These various shades of the neutrophile granules are due to the fact that the ..."