fuchsinophil, -phile, a. Biol.
(fuːk-, fjuːkˈsɪnəfɪl, -faɪl)
[f. fuchsine + -o + -phil, -phile.]
Readily stained with fuchsine; produced by staining with fuchsine. Also ˌfuchsinoˈphilic a., in the same sense. Hence ˌfuchsinoˈphilia, affinity for fuchsine.
| 1900 Dorland Med. Dict. 268/1 Fuchsinophil. 1904 Jrnl. R. Microsc. Soc. 639 (heading) The fuchsinophile granules of spinal ganglia cells. 1910 H. W. Armit tr. Ehrlich & Lazarus' Anæmia I. i. iii. 102 The fact that these cells cannot possibly be lymphocytes is proved by the complete absence of fuchsinophile granules. 1931 Amer. Jrnl. Anat. XLVIII. 165 Many of the fuchsinophilic or eosinophilic necrotic cells have disappeared. 1936 H. D. Rolleston Endocrine Organs vi. 310 In female foetuses this fuchsinophil reaction did not last so long. Ibid., The suppression of the fuchsinophil stain in female foetuses may be due to inhibition exerted by the pituitary. 1940 Amer. Jrnl. Anat. LXVII. 190 After Orth's fixation the fuchsinophilia varies considerably from gland to gland. 1967 Pathol. & Microbiol. XXX. 402 A marked fuchsinophilia lasting up to 30 minutes was observed in the heart muscle fibers. 1970 H. Selye Exper. Cardiovasc. Dis. II. iv. 665 Fuchsinophilic degeneration is a pre⁓necrotic change affecting certain myocardial fibers in damaged areas. Ibid., The fuchsinophilic fibers or fiber segments. Ibid., Fuchsinophilic staining. |