neutrophile(n = noun.body) neutrophil - the chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes;
is a kind of leucocyte, leukocyte, wbc, white blood cell, white blood corpuscle, white cell, white corpuscle
has particulars: microphage
One of a group of leukocytes whose granules stain only with neutral dyes; it is the chief phagocytic leukocyte in the circulating blood, comprising from 54% to 65% of the total number of leukocytes. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]