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Definition: Neutrophil |
NeutrophilNoun1. The chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Health | A motile, short-lived polymorphonuclear leucocyte with a multilobed nucleus and a cytoplasm filled with numerous minute granules, which is primarily responsible for maintaining normal host defenses against invading microorganisms. (references) |
| A type of white blood cell. (references) | |
Medicine | Neutrophil:a motile, short-lived polymorphonuclear leucocyte with a multilobed nucleus and a cytoplasm filled with numerous minute granules, which is primarily responsible for maintaining normal host defences against invading microorganisms. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Synonym: NeutrophilSynonym: neutrophile (n). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: neutrophilic (medicine). |
Crosswords: Neutrophil |
| English words defined with "neutrophil": microphage. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "neutrophil": alpha 1-Antitrypsin ♦ Chediak-Higashi Syndrome, chronic granulomatous disease, chronic granulomatous disorder ♦ E-Selectin ♦ Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 ♦ L.E. cell, LE cell, le roy, lupus erythematosus cell ♦ Neutrophil Activation, Neutrophil Collagenase, neutrophil granulocyte, Neutrophil Infiltration, neutrophil leucocyte ♦ Osteotomy, Le Fort. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Neutrophil" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. German (neutrophil). |
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 | This is a scanning electron microscope image from normal circulating human blood. One can see red blood cells, several white blood cells including lymphocytes, a monocyte, a neutrophil, and many small disc-shaped platelets. Red cells are nonnucleated, and contain hemoglobin, containing iron an important protein which allows the cell to carry oxygen to other parts of the body. They also carry away carbon dioxide from the lungs. The infection-fighting white blood cells, are classified in 2 main groups: granular and agranular. Granulocytes are formed in bone marrow, agranulocytes are produced by lymph nodes and spleen. There are two types of agranulocytes: lymphocytes, fight disease by producing antibodies and thus destroying foreign material, and monocytes. Platelets are tiny cells formed in bone marrow and are necessary for blood clotting.Credit: Bruce Wetzel (photographer). Harry Schaefer (phot. |  | Dilated sinusoids, neutrophil infiltrate.Credit: CDC. |
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Health | But white blood cells also release an enzyme, called neutrophil elastase, that can damage the lungs. (references) | |
The neutrophil and platelet count must be considered before any patient undergoes an invasive procedure. (references) | ||
In normal lungs, alpha-1 antitrypsin protects the lungs from the harmful effects of neutrophil elastase. (references) | ||
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| "Neutrophil" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.85% of the time. "Neutrophil" is used about 65 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 93.85% | 61 | 43,149 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 4.62% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 1.54% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 65 | N/A |
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Expressions using "neutrophil": Neutrophil Activation ♦ Neutrophil Collagenase ♦ neutrophil granulocyte ♦ Neutrophil Infiltration ♦ neutrophil leucocyte. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "neutrophil": neutrophil-associated. | |
Ending with "neutrophil": anti-neutrophil. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
neutrophil | 85 |
absolute count neutrophil | 25 |
count low neutrophil | 5 |
neutrophil segmented | 4 |
count neutrophil | 4 |
count high neutrophil | 4 |
high neutrophil | 3 |
chemotaxis neutrophil | 3 |
band neutrophil | 2 |
assay chemotaxis human neutrophil | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "neutrophil"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | neutrofil. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | neutrofiel. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | neutrophile (a et sm), neutrophile (neutrocyte, neutrophil granulocyte, neutrophil leucocyte, neutrophilic cell), polynucléaire neutrophile (neutrocyte, neutrophil granulocyte, neutrophil leucocyte, neutrophilic cell). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | neutrophil. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | ουδετερόφιλα κοκκία (neutrophil granules), ουδετερόφιλο κοκκιοκύτταρο (neutrophil granulocyte). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | neutrofilo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eutrophilnay neutrófilo. (various references) neutrófilo (heterophil granulocyte, heterophil leucocyte, neutrocyte, neutrophil granulocyte, neutrophil leucocyte, neutrophilic cell, orthoneutrophil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "neutrophil": neutrophilic, neutrophils. (additional references) | |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-i-l-n-o-p-r-t-u" | |
-1 letter: turophile. | |
-2 letters: eruption, heliport, outliner, terpinol, tholepin, unholier, unpolite. | |
-3 letters: elution, hoplite, hotline, luthern, luthier, neolith, opulent, outlier, outline, philter, philtre, phonier, pinhole, pleuron, pointer, poitrel, politer, potline, poulter, poutier, proline, protein, purline, purloin, retinol, routine, topline, tropine, urolith. | |
-4 letters: entoil, eolith, ephori, ethion, heriot, heroin, hinter, hirple, holier, holpen, hornet, hunter, hurtle, inpour, lepton, lineup, linter, liroth, lither, loiter, loupen, lunier, lupine, lutein, neroli, norite, nother, ophite, orient, orpine, outlie, penult, petrol, phenol, pinole, pintle, piolet, plinth, plutei, pluton, pointe, polite, pontil, pother, pouter, protei, pterin, punier, punter, purine, purlin, replot, roupet, runlet, rutile, tenour, thorpe, throne, toiler, tonier, triple, triune, tropin, troupe, tupelo, turnip, uniter, unpile, unripe, uphroe, uptore, uptorn. | |
-5 letters: elint, eloin, enrol, ephor, erupt, helio, helot, heron, honer, hoper, hotel, houri, inept, inert, inlet, input, inter, intro, inure, irone, ither, lento, letup, liner, lirot, liter, lithe, litho, litre, loner, loper, louie, loupe, lunet, lupin, nerol, netop, niter, nitre, nitro, north, noter, oiler, olein, opine, oriel, orpin, other, ouphe, ourie, outer, outre, pelon, peril, phone, pilot, pinot, pinto, piton, plier, poilu, point, poler, poult, print, prion, prole, prone, prune, puler, punto, purin, puton, relit, reoil, repin, repot, rhino, ripen, rouen, route, routh, rutin, teloi, tenor, thein, their, thine, thiol, thirl, thole, thorn, thorp, thrip, throe, thurl, tiler, toile, toner, toper, tophe, tophi, trine, triol, tripe, trone, trope, tulip, tuner, unhip, unite, unlet, unlit, unrip, untie, until, uplit, urine, uteri, utile. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-i-l-n-o-p-r-t-u" | |
+1 letter: neutrophils. | |
+2 letters: luteotrophin, neutrophilic, upholstering. | |
+3 letters: luteotrophins. | |
+4 letters: phenylthiourea, reupholstering. | |
+5 letters: hyperfunctional, hyperinvolution, neuropathically, neuropathologic, phenylketonuria, phenylketonuric, phenylthioureas, uncopyrightable. | |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. . ..- - .-. --- .--. .... .. .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100101 01110101 01110100 01110010 01101111 01110000 01101000 01101001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N e u t r o p h i l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0065 0075 0074 0072 006F 0070 0068 0069 006C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)48718786848182747578 |
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