Dictionary entry

Neutrophile

Webster's Dictionary 1913

{ Neu″tro‐phile (?), Neu″tro‐phil (?) }, n. [L. neuter + Gr. � loving.] (Physiol.) One of a group of leucocytes whose granules stain only with neutral dyes. — Neu″tro‐phil″ic (#), a., Neu‐troph″i‐lous (#), a.