Neutrophile

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Neutrophil \Neu"tro*phil\, Neutrophile \Neu"tro*phile\, n. [L.
     neuter + Gr. ? loving.] (Physiol.)
     One of a group of leukocytes whose granules stain only with
     neutral dyes; it is the chief phagocytic leukocyte in the
     circulating blood, comprising from 54% to 65% of the total
     number of leukocytes. -- {Neu"tro*phil"ic}, a.,


     {Neu*troph"i*lous}, a.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  neutrophile
       n : the chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or
           acid dyes [syn: {neutrophil}]