fuchsinophil

plural fuchsinophils

1. countableuncountablebiologyCells or cellular material that stains readily with fuchsin.

   Among the acidophils, fuchsinophils are less in number while basophils (1 ) predominate.

   1981, Zoological Society (Calcutta, India), Proceedings of the Zoological Society - Volume 33, page 77

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   With lichtgriin-fuchsin many ganglion cells showed numerous granules or droplets of fairly large size which stained various colors and may correspond to the so-called fuchsinophil (Fig. 4).

   1922, Archives of Neurology and Psychiatry - Volume 8, page 160

   Although in 15 of these, the results proved negative both microscopically and by inoculation, on 13 occasions the results were positive, revealing the presence of rare fuchsinophils, elongated and exceedingly fine.

   1934, The Year Book of Dermatology and Syphilology, page 531

comparative more fuchsinophil · superlative most fuchsinophil

1. alternativeAlternative form of fuchsinophilic.

   Kull's method for mitochondria reveals the presence of strongly fuchsinophil material in the cells of the yolk-sac endoderm.

   1958, Zoological Society of London, Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

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   The cell is provided with a nucleus at the base and usually filled with coarse granules, which are fuchsinophil as well as edsinophil.

   1956, Saitama Daigaku, The Science Reports of the Saitama University