neutrophil
noun
- most abundant type of granulocytes and the most abundant WBC
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈnjuːtɹəfɪl/
adj
Etymology: From German Neutrophil, from neutro- (“neutro-”) + -phil (“-phile”), equivalent to neutro- + -phil.
- Of a cell: being more easily or more fully stained by neutral dyes than by acidic or alkaline (basic) ones.
noun
Etymology: From German Neutrophil, from neutro- (“neutro-”) + -phil (“-phile”), equivalent to neutro- + -phil.
- Such a cell, especially a particular type of white blood cell.
“One litre of human blood contains about five billion neutrophils (around half of all white blood cells).”
“Chris learned that his level of infection-fighting neutrophil cells, normally churned out by the bone marrow, had fallen so low that his defenses were in tatters.”