oxyphilousadj.
/ˌɒksɪˈfɪləs/, U.S. /ɑkˈsɪfᵻləs/ Biology. rare.
= acidophilic adj.
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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
1893 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 25 Feb. 400/2 All the granules found in normal circulating leucocytes are oxyphilous.
1968 Zeitschr. f. Mikrosk.-Anat. Forschung 79 551 Oxyphilous Welsh cells of the parathyroid glands have glandular functions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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