Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol.) One of a group of leukocytes whose granules stain only with neutral dyes; it is the chief phagocytic leukocyte in the circulating blood, comprising from 54% to 65% of the total number of leukocytes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective biology, medicine Of a cell: being more easily or more fully
stained byneutral dyes than byacidic oralkaline (basic ) ones. - noun biology, medicine Such a
cell , especially awhite blood cell .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Journal of Critical Care found that a new bedside blood test for a blood biomarker called neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) offered the promise of rapidly assessing if a critically ill patient is suffering from AKI.
Medindia Health News 2009
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So they've done experiments where they've actually shined a laser at a neutrophil and it goes in the opposite direction.
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According to Huff, the body loses its platelet and neutrophil supply and people can eventually die of bleeding.
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According to Huff, the body loses its platelet and neutrophil supply and people can eventually die of bleeding.
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So they've done experiments where they've actually shined a laser at a neutrophil and it goes in the opposite direction.
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So they've done experiments where they've actually shined a laser at a neutrophil and it goes in the opposite direction.
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Basic science research is being performed in the fields of NK cells, T cell function in atopic dermatitis, HIV, neutrophil biology, DiGeorge syndrome, and other fields in basic immunology as described above.
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So they've done experiments where they've actually shined a laser at a neutrophil and it goes in the opposite direction.
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Basic science research is being performed in the fields of NK cells, T cell function in atopic dermatitis, HIV, neutrophil biology, DiGeorge syndrome, and other fields in basic immunology as described above.
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So they've done experiments where they've actually shined a laser at a neutrophil and it goes in the opposite direction.
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Samples taken from the muscle tissue over the two weeks showed that massage was helping to get rid of immune cells called neutrophils.
Massage gun for mice shows how pummelling tissue boosts muscle repair #author.fullName} 2021
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