oxyphilous,a.Biol.|ɒksɪˈfɪləs| [f. as prec. + -ous.] =prec. 1893Brit.Med.Jrnl. 25 Feb. 400/2 All the granules found in normal circulating leucocytes are oxyphilous.1968Zeitschr.f. Mikrosk.-Anat. Forsch. LXXIX. 551 Oxyphilous Welsh cells of the parathyroid glands have glandular functions.