What does "neutrophil" mean?

Such a cell, especially a particular type of white blood cell.

What is a synonym for "neutrophil"?

Common synonyms include: antibody, antigen, blood, blood bank, bloodmobile, bloodstream.

Pronounced //ˈnjuːtɹəfɪl//.

//ˈnjuːtɹəfɪl// adj, noun

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Noun

1
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)."
2
the chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes wordnet

Adjective

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

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

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

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