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EOSINOPHILE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does eosinophile mean?
• EOSINOPHILE (noun)
The noun EOSINOPHILE has 1 sense:
1. a leukocyte readily stained with eosin
Familiarity information: EOSINOPHILE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A leukocyte readily stained with eosin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
eosinophil; eosinophile
Hypernyms ("eosinophile" is a kind of...):
leucocyte; leukocyte; WBC; white blood cell; white blood corpuscle; white cell; white corpuscle (blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system)
Context examples
Morphologically, eosinophilic granuloma is characterised by the presence of Langerhans cells in a characteristic milieu which includes histiocytes, eosinophiles neutrophiles, and small, mature lymphocytes.
(Eosinophilic Granuloma, NCI Thesaurus)
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