English

Adjective

neutrophil ‎(comparative more neutrophil, superlative most neutrophil)

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

Translations

Noun

neutrophil ‎(plural neutrophils)

1. (biology, medicine) Such a cell, especially a white blood cell.
   • 2011, Terence Allen and Graham Cowling, The Cell: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford 2011, p. 89:

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

Synonyms

• neutrophil granulocyte