neutrophile

Questions about neutrophile

What does neutrophile mean?

neutrophile means "the chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes".

How many syllables are in neutrophile?

neutrophile has 5 syllables and divides as ne-u-tro-phi-le under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for neutrophile?

Close synonyms include neutrophil. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is neutrophile a common word?

neutrophile is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.