chromophiladj.

1899 L. F. Barker Nerv. Syst. x. 111 The varicosities on the dendrites in Golgi preparations von Lenhossék holds to be due to superficial collections of chromophile substance.

1909 Practitioner Feb. 195 Chromophile cells, very similar to the cells in the medulla of the supra-renals.

1910 Practitioner Jan. 35 Chromophil granules.

1913 Cunningham's Anat. (ed. 4) 1341 The chromaphil system is composed of a number of discrete masses of tissue which produce and discharge adrenin.

1920 H. E. Jordan Text-bk. Histol. (ed. 2) xvi. 576 The so-called ‘chromophils’ and ‘chromophobes’ of the earlier terminology (Flesch, 1880).

1926 Strong & Elwyn Bailey's Textbk. Histol. (ed. 7) xvii. 473 The cellular elements of the glandular portion of the hypophysis have usually been classified as chromophiles and chromophobes. This classification is based upon the relative stainability of the cells.

1953 H. M. Carleton & Short Schäfer's Essent. Histol. (ed. 16) xx. 266 Two types of cell were recognized by Hannover in 1844. These became known as the chromophil and the chromophobe. The chromophil, later known as the α-cells, were so called because of their affinity for salts of chromium. Later the same terminology was used to mean that this type had an affinity for dyes which the chromophobe did not possess.

1899 L. F. Barker Nerv. Syst. xi. 123 Chromophilic cells and chromophobic cells.

1902 F. Delafield & T. M. Prudden Handbk. Pathol. Anat. & Histol. (ed. 6) iii. xiv. 731 With the use of the ordinary technique of Nissl, all of the cell body, excepting the chromophilic bodies, remains unstained and apparently structureless.

1953 Bailey's Textbk. Histol. (ed. 13) xv. 379 In the basal part of serous gland cells (e.g., cells of salivary glands, pancreas, etc.), there is a characteristic basophilic or chromophilic material.