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different between neutrophil vs polymorphonuclear

neutrophil

English

Etymology

From German Neutrophil, from neutro- (“neutro-”) + -phil (“-phile”), equivalent to neutro- +? -phil

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?nju?t??f?l/

Adjective

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

neutrophil From the web:

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polymorphonuclear

English

Etymology

poly- +? morpho- +? nuclear

Adjective

polymorphonuclear (not comparable)

  1. (of leucocytes) Having a nucleus with lobes of diverse shapes

See also

  • polynuclear (multiple nuclei as opposed to multiple lobes of one nucleus)

Translations

Noun

polymorphonuclear (plural polymorphonuclears)

  1. Such a leucocyte; a neutrophil
    Synonyms: (initialism) PMN, polymorphonuclear cell, polymorphonuclear leukocyte, PMN cell, PMN leukocyte

Translations

polymorphonuclear From the web:

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