| oxyphil | Oxyphile 1. Oxyphil cell. Synonym: eosinophilic leukocyte. Synonym: oxyphilic. Origin: G. Oxys, sour, acid, + philos, fond (05 Mar 2000) |
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| oxyphil adenoma | <tumour> A glandular tumour composed of large cells with cytoplasm that is granular and eosinophilic due to the presence of abundant mitochondria; occurs uncommonly in the kidney, salivary glands, and endocrine glands. Synonym: oxyphil adenoma. Origin: onco-+ G. Kytos, cell, + -oma, tumour (05 Mar 2000) |
| oxyphil cell | See: Askenazy cells. (18 Nov 1997) |
| oxyphil cells | Cell's of the parathyroid gland that increase in number with age; the cytoplasm contains numerous mitochondria and stains with eosin. Similar cell's, and tumours composed of them, are found in salivary glands and the thyroid; in the latter, also called Hurthle cell's. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oxyphil chromatin | Chromatin that stains with acid dyes, as in interphase nuclei. Synonym: oxyphil chromatin. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oxyphil granule | A granule that stains with an acid dye such as eosin. Synonym: oxyphil granule. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oxyphilic | Having an affinity for acid dyes; denoting certain cell or tissue elements. Synonym: oxyphil, oxyphile. (05 Mar 2000) |
| oxyphilic leukocyte | A polymorphonuclear leukocyte characterised by many large or prominent, refractile, cytoplasmic granules that are fairly uniform in size and bright yellow-red or orange when treated with Wright's or similar stains; the nuclei are usually larger than those of neutrophils, do not stain as deeply, and characteristically have two lobes (a third lobe is sometimes interposed on the connecting strand of chromatin); these leukocyte's are motile phagocytes with distinctive antiparasitic functions. Synonym: acidophilic leukocyte, eosinocyte, eosinophil, eosinophile, oxyphil, oxyphile, oxyphilic leukocyte. (05 Mar 2000) |