neutrophil

English

Etymology

From German Neutrophil, from neutro- (“neutro-”) + -phil (“-phile”), equivalent to neutro- +‎ -phil.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnjuːtɹəfɪl/

Adjective

neutrophil

1. (biology, medicine) Of a cell: being more easily or more fully stained by neutral dyes than by acidic or alkaline (basic) ones.

Translations

easily stained by neutral dyes

• French: neutrophile (fr)
• Italian: neutrofilo (it)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: nêtrofîl f, nêtrofîl

• Portuguese: neutrófilo
• Spanish: neutrófilo (es)
• Swedish: neutrofil (sv)

Noun

neutrophil (plural neutrophils)

1. (biology, medicine) Such a cell, especially a particular type of white blood cell.
   • 2011, Terence Allen, Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 89:

     One litre of human blood contains about five billion neutrophils (around half of all white blood cells).

Synonyms

• neutrophil granulocyte, neutrophilic granulocyte

Hypernyms

• granulocyte
• multinuclear leukocyte
• polymorphonuclear leukocyte
• PMN
• PML