| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun Plural | 1. Plural inflection of the noun eosinophil.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Noun Base (eosinophil) | 1. A leukocyte readily stained with eosin.[Wordnet]. | |
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Specialty Definition: EOSINOPHILS
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Aerospace | A type of white blood cell or leukocyte which stains a red color with eosin stain; normally about 2 to 3 percent of white cells in the blood but tending to decrease during stressful situations and thus usable as an index for stress. (references) | ||
| Health | Granular leukocytes with a nucleus that usually has two lobes connected by a slender thread of chromatin, and cytoplasm containing coarse, round granules that are uniform in size and stainable by eosin. (references) | ||
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Common Expressions: eosinophil
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Eosinophil granulocyte | Eosinophil granulocytes, commonly referred to as eosinophils (or less commonly as acidophils), are white blood cells that are responsible for combating infection by parasites in the body. (references) | ||
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Specialty Expressions: eosinophil
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Chemotactic Factors, Eosinophil | Health | Cytotaxins liberated from normal or invading cells that specifically attract eosinophils; they may be complement fragments, lymphokines, neutrophil products, histamine or other; the best known is the tetrapeptide ECF-A, released mainly by mast cells. (references) | |
| Eosinophil chemotactic factor of anaphylaxis (ECF-A) | Religion | A substrate released from mast cells during anaphylaxis which attracts eosinophils. (references) | |
| Eosinophil leucocyte | Medicine | Eosinophil: a polymorphonuclear leucocyte with large eosinophilic granules in its cytoplasm, which plays a role in hypersensitivity reactions. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Topics by Level of Interest: eosinophil | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Eosinophil granulocyte | 40 | Eosinophil granulocyte | 40 | |
| Eosinophil peroxidase | 6 | Eosinophil peroxidase | 6 | |
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