Definition of Oxyphile

1. an organism that thrives in a relatively acid environment [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Oxyphile

oxyphencyclimine hydrochloride
oxyphenic
oxyphenic acid
oxyphenisatin acetate
oxyphenisatine
oxyphenol
oxyphenols
oxyphenonium
oxyphenonium bromide
oxyphil
oxyphil adenoma
oxyphil cell
oxyphil cells
oxyphil chromatin
oxyphil granule
oxyphile (current term)
oxyphiles
oxyphilic
oxyphilic leukocyte
oxyphils
oxyphonia
oxyphototrophic
oxypnictide
oxypnictides
oxypolygelatin
oxyproline
oxyprolines
oxypurine
oxypurinol
oxyquinoline

Literary usage of Oxyphile

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1897)
"That part of the cell body of young cells immediately external to the nucleus appears as a distinct ring or /.one, which is strongly oxyphile. ..."

2. Memorias: Transactions (1898)
"Hence tissues that are normally oxyphile, or even basophile tissues, ... Hence, they retain their oxyphile tint much longer, at the same time the ..."

3. The Biology of the Blood-cells with a Glossary of Hæmatological Terms: For by Oskar Cameron Gruner (1914)
"Example : oxyphile nucleolus. A substance arising from the basophile ... oxyphile granules which enter into the composition of the ..."

4. Journal of Pathology and Bacteriology by Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland (1901)
"Films cannot be kept in 50 per cent, spirit, because the fine oxyphile granules then stain diffusely, and the nuclei are not so well preserved. ..."

5. Transactions of the Canadian Institute by Canadian Institute (1849-1914). (1899)
"This is correct, but the oxyphile nuclear substance also digests and the nucleolus under certain circumstances disappears. This is an important fact and is ..."

6. Clinical Hematology: A Practical Guide to the Examination of the Blood with by John C. DaCosta (1901)
"To designate a polynuclear leucocyte as a " finely granular oxyphile cell " is even more glaringly inappropriate than the use of Ehrlich's term, ..."

7. The Medical and Surgical Reporter (1896)
"As the nucleus reaches the transitional or polynuclear form, the granules become more numerous and change from transparent or basophile to oxyphile. ..."

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