Definition of Neutrophil
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 Neutrophil
1. Adjective. (biology medicine) Of a cell: being more easily or more fully stained by neutral dyes than by acidic or alkaline (basic) ones. ¹
2. Noun. (biology medicine) Such a cell, especially a white blood cell. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Neutrophil
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Neutrophil
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Literary usage of Neutrophil
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1. Histology of the Blood: Normal and Pathological by Paul Ehrlich, Adolf Lazarus, W. Myers, German Sims Woodhead (1900)
"This standpoint had to be abandoned, when Ehrlich shewed that it is chiefly the
emigration of the polynuclear neutrophil cells, which brings about ..."
2. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"DINGS OF THE SOCIETY FOR 162.44 47(W79) Bacterial Stimulation of Serum
Colony-Stimulating Activity and neutrophil Production in Germ-Free Mice (40615)1 JAI ..."
3. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Cigarette smoking Is associated with a reduction in the association rate constant
of lung alpha 1-antitrypsin for neutrophil elastase. ..."
4. Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals and Cellular Injury edited by Kenneth B. Adler, Robert D. Devlin, Val Vallyathan (2000)
"Abo A, Boyhan A, West I, Thrasher AJ, Segal AW. Reconstitution of neutrophil
NADPH oxidase activity in the 21. cell-free system by four components: p67^°x, ..."
5. Alcohols Effect on Organ Function edited by Dianne M. Welsh (1997)
"The observed neutropenia may be related to impaired neutrophil development in
the bone marrow. Thus, bone marrow analysis of alcoholic patients during the ..."
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