fuchsinophil
fuchsinophil noun: cells or cellular material that stains readily with fuchsin. Also the alternative form of fuchsinophilic.
Noun
fuchsinophil (countable and uncountable, plural fuchsinophils)
- Cells or cellular material that stains readily with fuchsin.
- With lichtgriin-fuchsin many ganglion cells showed numerous granules or droplets of fairly large size which stained various colors and may correspond to the so-called fuchsinophil (Fig. 4).1922, Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry - Volume 8, page 160
- Although in 15 of these, the results proved negative both microscopically and by inoculation, on 13 occasions the results were positive, revealing the presence of rare fuchsinophils, elongated and exceedingly fine.1934, The Year Book of Dermatology and Syphilology, page 531
Also used as
fuchsinophil is also the alternative form of fuchsinophilic.
Forms of fuchsinophil
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | fuchsinophils |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more fuchsinophil |
| superlative | most fuchsinophil |
Origin of fuchsinophil
From fuchsin + -o- + -phil.
Questions about fuchsinophil
- What does fuchsinophil mean?
- Fuchsinophil means cells or cellular material that stains readily with fuchsin.
- What part of speech is fuchsinophil?
- Fuchsinophil is a noun.
- What is the plural of fuchsinophil?
- The plural of fuchsinophil is fuchsinophils.
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