polychromatophil
[ pŏl′ē-krō-măt′ə-fĭl′, -krō′mə-tə- ]
n.
A young or degenerated red blood cell staining with acid, neutral, or basic dyes.
polychromatic cell polychromatocyte
adj.
Staining readily with acid, neutral, or basic dyes.
Words nearby polychromatophil
polychasium,
polychlorinated biphenyl,
polychondritis,
polychromasia,
polychromatic,
polychromatophil,
polychromatophilia,
polychromatophilic,
polychrome,
polychromemia,
polychromy
Example sentences from the Web for polychromatophil
The polychromatophil discs are not, they say, dying forms, but on the contrary represent young individuals.
Histology of the Blood |Paul EhrlichThe polychromatophil degeneration can frequently be observed in nucleated red blood corpuscles, particularly in the megaloblasts.
Histology of the Blood |Paul Ehrlich