metaneutrophil

met·a·neu·tro·phil

, metaneutrophile (met-ă-nū'trō-fil, -fīl), Not staining normally with neutral dyes. [meta- + L. neuter, neither, + G. philos, fond]

metaneutrophil

A cell or tissue with atypical staining characteristics with neutral dyes, a distinction rarely made by histopathologists, given the decreasing diagnostic weight given to non-immune—e.g., immunoperoxidase—stains.

metaneutrophil

(mĕt-ă-nū′trō-fĭl) [″ + L. neuter, neither, + Gr. philein, to love] Not staining normally with neutral dyes.