Medical Definition of Oxyphil
1. Oxyphile 1. Oxyphil cell. Synonym: eosinophilic leukocyte. Synonym: oxyphilic. Origin: G. Oxys, sour, acid, + philos, fond (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxyphil
Literary usage of Oxyphil
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of General Or Experimental Pathology for Students and Practitioners by Walter Sydney Lazarus-Barlow (1904)
"The finely granular oxyphil cell and the hyaline cell (haemal and coelomic) are
intensely phagocytic. Young connective tissue cells (fibroblasts) and ..."
2. Transactions of the Pathological Society of London by Pathological Society of London (1907)
"Parathyroids: Types 1 and 2; cells clear, but here and there traces of oxyphil
granulation; no typical oxyphil cells; no fat or colloid. CASE 10.—Diabetes. ..."
3. Folia Haematologica: Internationales Magazin für klinische und (1907)
"... lein oxyphil granuliert, aus dem rech'ten Ventrikel, Kaninchen. Fig. l». ...
fein und gröber oxyphil granuliert mit vereinzelten ..."
4. Practice of Medicine by Frederick Tice (1921)
"oxyphil cells (Welsh) usually begin to appear in late childhood. ... The facts
that oxyphil cells are present only in certain species of animals, ..."
5. The Morphology of Normal and Pathological Blood by George A. Buckmaster (1906)
"tint with eosin (oxyphil) or a violet red with tri-acid (neutrophil), but the
varying colour of the granules is due in part to the solvent of these dyes, ..."
6. Clinical Examination of the Blood and Its Technique: A Manual for Students by Artur Pappenheim (1914)
"These contain fine granules which are densely packed together in a cell- body
which has a definite oxyphil reaction. The granules take on a violet or ..."
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