| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | neu·tro·phil |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  n  tr -f l , ny- |
| ADJECTIVE: | Not stained strongly or definitely by either acid or basic dyes but stained readily by neutral dyes. Used especially of white blood cells. | | NOUN: | A neutrophil cell, especially an abundant type of granular white blood cell that is highly destructive of microorganisms. | | ETYMOLOGY: | neutr(al) + –phil(e). | | OTHER FORMS: | neutro·phile (-f l) , neutro·philic (-flk) —ADJECTIVE
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