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eosinophil
[ ee-uh-sin-uh-fil ]
noun
- Histology. any cell, tissue, organism, or substance that has an affinity for eosin and other acid stains.
- Cell Biology. a leukocyte having eosinophilic granules in the cytoplasm and usually a bilobate nucleus.
adjective
eosinophil
/ ˌiːəʊˈsɪnəˌfaɪl; ˌiːəʊˈsɪnəˌfɪl; ˌiːəʊsɪˈnɒfɪləs /
noun
- a leucocyte with a multilobed nucleus and coarse granular cytoplasm that stains readily with acidic dyes such as eosin
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Derived Forms
- ˌeoˌsinoˈphilic, adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of eosinophil1
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Example Sentences
The mast cell granulations are stained pure blue, the eosinophil red, the neutrophil in mixed colour.
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The hæmoglobin and eosinophil granules are red, the nuclei stain in the colour of hæmatoxylin.
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The true eosinophil granulation remains, on the other hand, quite unchanged under these conditions.
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In their general appearance, in the size of the cell and the granulation, they completely correspond to the eosinophil cell.
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The eosinophil cells oscillate at this period about the upper normal limit.
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