Neutrophile \Neu"tro*phile\, Neutrophil \Neu"tro*phil\, n. [L. neuter + Gr. ? loving.] (Physiol.) One of a group of leucocytes whose granules stain only with neutral dyes. -- {Neu"tro*phil"ic}, a., {Neu*troph"i*lous}, a.
neutrophil n : the chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes [syn: {neutrophile}]