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Meaning of NEUTROPHILE

Pronunciation:  'nootru`fIl

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  the chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes
 

NEUTROPHILE is a 11 letter word that starts with N.

 

 Synonyms: neutrophil
 
 See Also: leucocyte, leukocyte, microphage, WBC, white blood cell, white blood corpuscle, white cell, white corpuscle

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Neu"tro*phile\, Neutrophil \Neu"tro*phil\, n. [L.
neuter + Gr. ? loving.] (Physiol.)
One of a group of leucocytes whose granules stain only with
neutral dyes. -- {Neu"tro*phil"ic}, a., {Neu*troph"i*lous},
a.

 

 

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