neutro-
combining form of neuter a., occurring in a few words, such as neutroloˈgistic a. (see quot. 1824); neutroˈpassive a., neuter passive; neutroˈpenia Med. [-penia], the presence of an abnormally low concentration of neutrophils in the blood; hence neutroˈpenic a., suffering from neutropenia; ˈneutrophil(e a. [a. G. neutrophil (P. Ehrlich 1880, in Zeitschr. f. klin. Med. I. 558)], that can be stained with neutral dyes (neutral a. and n. A. 6 c); not strongly stained by acid or basic dyes; also as n., a neutrophil cell; so neutroˈphilic a., neutrophil; of or pertaining to neutrophil cells; neuˈtrophilous a.
| 1824 J. Gilchrist Etym. Interpreter 77 Mr. Bentham again divides the first division into eulogistic and dyslogistic, and thence denominates the unimpassioned class *neutrologistic. |
| 1530 Palsgr. Introd. 35 As for verbes *neutropassyves, I fynde none in all the tong saufe onely je nays. 1706 Phillips (ed. Kersey), Neutro-passive Verbs, verbs Neuter that have their Preterperfect Tense form'd out of a Passive Participle: as Gaudeo, gavisus sum [etc.]. |
| 1931 Arch. Otolaryngol. XIII. 864 The term agranulocytosis has come into the literature because of its brevity. The name is not strictly correct... At present, the name applied by Tuerk, ‘malignant *neutropenia’, seems to be more appropriate. 1973 Acta Haematol. L. 223 Neutropenia early in haemodialysis is probably due to the return into the circulation of leucocytes damaged by the first contact with the dialyzing surface. |
| 1961 Webster, *Neutropenic. 1963 Federation Proc. XXII. 671/1 (heading) Potentiation of arthus reactivity in neutropenic rabbits. 1973 Jrnl. Infectious Dis. CXXVIII. 248 Both normal and neutropenic mice were treated with gentamicin. |
| 1890 Cent. Dict., *Neutrophile. 1893 N.Y. Med. Jrnl. LVII. 3/2 The neutrophile granules of the polynuclear cells are not stained by this solution. 1897 Allbutt's Syst. Med. IV. 578 These leucocytes are often called ‘neutrophiles’. 1899 J. Cagney tr. Jaksch's Clin. Diagn. i. (ed. 4) 37 Neutrophil granules stain best with neutral dyes, i.e. those composed of a coloured base and an acid. 1954 Neutrophil [see drumstick 2 e]. 1973 Daily Tel. 2 Oct. 19/2 Neutrophil cells in a healthy person are usually six per cent. of the total number of white blood cells. Ibid., A medical expert said last night: ‘An increase of neutrophils to 12 per cent. in a two-year-old is a thoroughly satisfactory reaction to an ear infection.’ |
| 1893 N.Y. Med. Jrnl. LVII. 4/2 The uninuclear leucocyte does not show *neutrophilic granulations. 1962 Luntz & Wright in A. Pirie Lens Metabolism Rel. Cataract 321 Group A... These show mainly neutrophilic infiltration. |
| 1900 Pop. Sci. Monthly Jan. 380 The most abundant..are those called the polynuclear, *neutrophilous leucocytes. |