One litre of human blood contains about five billion neutrophils (around half of all white blood cells).
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Neutrophil
//ˈnjuːtɹəfɪl//
Synonyms for "neutrophil" (24 found)
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French
1 entries- neutrophile adj (easily stained by neutral dyes)
Italian
1 entries- neutrofilo adj (easily stained by neutral dyes)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- nêtrofîl adj (easily stained by neutral dyes)
- nêtrofîl adj (easily stained by neutral dyes)
Portuguese
1 entries- neutrófilo adj (easily stained by neutral dyes)
Spanish
1 entries- neutrófilo adj (easily stained by neutral dyes)
Swedish
1 entries- neutrofil adj (easily stained by neutral dyes)
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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.
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All mammals naturally make hypochlorous acid to fight infection. When you cut yourself, for instance, white blood cells known as neutrophils go to the site of injury, capturing any invading pathogens.
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