NEUTROPHIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does neutrophil mean? 

• NEUTROPHIL (noun)
  The noun NEUTROPHIL has 1 sense:

1. the chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes

  Familiarity information: NEUTROPHIL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEUTROPHIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

neutrophil; neutrophile

Hypernyms ("neutrophil" 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "neutrophil"):

microphage (a neutrophil that ingests small things (as bacteria))

 Context examples 

The real number of white blood cells (WBC) that are neutrophils.

(Absolute neutrophil count, NCI Thesaurus)

A measurement of the neutrophils in a biological specimen.

(Absolute neutrophil count, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

This gene is involved in the modulation of neutrophil microbicidal activity.

(MPO Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

Neutrophils are a type of white blood cell.

(Absolute neutrophil count, NCI Dictionary)

When the proliferating myeloid cells are neutrophils, it is called chronic myelogenous leukemia.

(Myeloid Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by the presence of neutrophils or microabscesses in the endometrial glands.

(Acute Endometritis, NCI Thesaurus)

A morphologic finding indicating the presence of neutrophils and/or eosinophils in a tissue sample.

(Acute Inflammatory Infiltrate, NCI Thesaurus)

Chemokines with an ELR sequence motif have been found to chemoattract and activate primarily neutrophils.

(Alpha Chemokine, NCI Thesaurus)

This gene plays a role in neutrophil differentiation and is involved in inflammatory processes.

(AZU1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)

The approach uses antibodies to target the K. pneumoniae protective capsule polysaccharide, allowing immune system cells called neutrophils to attack and kill the bacteria.

(Scientists describe potential antibody approach for treating multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, National Institutes of Health)