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neutrophilic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables
neu-trophilic
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to neutrophils.

adj

In microscopy and chemistry, not staining strongly with acidic or alkaline stains, but staining strongly with pH-neutral stains.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree English neutrophil Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English neutrophilic From neutrophil + -ic.

Inflected Forms

more neutrophilic (comparative) most neutrophilic (superlative)

Derived Forms

antineutrophilic haloneutrophilic

Phrases

neutrophilic granulocyte

Questions

What does neutrophilic mean?
Of or pertaining to neutrophils.
Where does neutrophilic come from?
Etymology tree English neutrophil Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English neutrophilic From neutrophil + -ic.

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