osmiophilicadj.
/ˌɒzmɪə(ʊ)ˈfɪlɪk/, U.S. /ˌɑzmioʊˈfɪlɪk/ Biology.
Having an affinity for or staining readily with osmic acid or osmium tetroxide.
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basophil1890
neutrophil1890
neutrophilic1893
oxyphil1893
oxyphilous1893
basophilic1894
basophilous1894
metachromatic1894
polychromatophilic1897
polychromatophil1898
chromophil1899
chromophilic1899
chromophobic1899
orthochromatic1899
polychromatic1899
pycnomorphous1899
fuchsinophil1900
neutrophilous1900
carminophilous1901
chromatoid1901
oxyphilic1901
pyknotic1902
sudanophil1902
chromaffin1903
metachromic1908
chromophobe1909
phaeochrome1909
sudanophilic1909
trachychromatic1909
polychromasic1911
chromaffinic1913
osmiophilic1923
osmophile1923
Feulgen-negative1928
fuchsinophilic1931
heteropycnotic1934
osmophilic1936
isopycnotic1950
Feulgen-positive1954
1923 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 9 351 The independent granules with their attached bits of osmiophilic substance have a striking counterpart in the lepidopteran spermatid.
1968 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 18 Apr. 872/2 The cisternae of the Golgi complex were usually dilated, and often displayed increased osmiophilic spherules.
1995 C. Nielsen Animal Evol. vi. 42 The fibre cells are here and there connected by small disc-shaped, osmiophilic structures which may be temporary.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1923