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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

eosinophil

/ee-uh-sin-uh-fil/US // ˌi əˈsɪn ə fɪl //UK // (ˌiːəʊˈsɪnəˌfɪl) //

嗜酸细胞,嗜酸性粒细胞,嗜酸粒细胞,嗜酸菌

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Histology. any cell, tissue, organism, or substance that has an affinity for eosin and other acid stains.
    • : Cell Biology. a leukocyte having eosinophilic granules in the cytoplasm and usually a bilobate nucleus.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : eosinophilic.

Examples

  • The mast cell granulations are stained pure blue, the eosinophil red, the neutrophil in mixed colour.

  • The hæmoglobin and eosinophil granules are red, the nuclei stain in the colour of hæmatoxylin.

  • The true eosinophil granulation remains, on the other hand, quite unchanged under these conditions.

  • In their general appearance, in the size of the cell and the granulation, they completely correspond to the eosinophil cell.

  • The eosinophil cells oscillate at this period about the upper normal limit.

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