fuchsinophilfuchsinophileadj.n.
/f(j)uːkˈsɪnəfɪl//f(j)uːkˈsɪnəfʌɪl/ Biology.
A. adj.
Readily stained with fuchsine; produced by staining with fuchsine.
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basophil1890
neutrophil1890
neutrophilic1893
oxyphil1893
oxyphilous1893
basophilic1894
basophilous1894
metachromatic1894
polychromatophilic1897
polychromatophil1898
chromophil1899
chromophilic1899
chromophobic1899
orthochromatic1899
polychromatic1899
pycnomorphous1899
fuchsinophil1900
neutrophilous1900
carminophilous1901
chromatoid1901
oxyphilic1901
pyknotic1902
sudanophil1902
chromaffin1903
metachromic1908
chromophobe1909
phaeochrome1909
sudanophilic1909
trachychromatic1909
polychromasic1911
chromaffinic1913
osmiophilic1923
osmophile1923
Feulgen-negative1928
fuchsinophilic1931
heteropycnotic1934
osmophilic1936
isopycnotic1950
Feulgen-positive1954
1900 W. A. N. Dorland Amer. Illustr. Med. Dict. 268/1 Fuchsinophil.
1904 Jrnl. Royal Microsc. Soc. 639 (heading) The fuchsinophile granules of spinal ganglia cells.
1910 H. W. Armit tr. P. Ehrlich & A. Lazarus Anæmia I. i. iii. 102 The fact that these cells cannot possibly be lymphocytes is proved by the complete absence of fuchsinophile granules.
1936 H. D. Rolleston Endocrine Organs vi. 310 In female foetuses this fuchsinophil reaction did not last so long.
1936 H. D. Rolleston Endocrine Organs vi. 310 The suppression of the fuchsinophil stain in female foetuses may be due to inhibition exerted by the pituitary.
B. n.
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A cell or other element readily stained by fuchsine.
Derivatives
ˌfuchsinoˈphilia n. affinity for fuchsine.
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metachromatism1893
metachromasia1896
polychromatophilia1897
metachromasy1903
sudanophilia1907
polychromasia1909
acidophilia1913
heteropycnosis1925
fuchsinophilia1940
basophilia1946
isopycnosis1950
1940 Amer. Jrnl. Anat. 67 190 After Orth's fixation the fuchsinophilia varies considerably from gland to gland.
1967 Pathol. & Microbiol. 30 402 A marked fuchsinophilia lasting up to 30 minutes was observed in the heart muscle fibers.
ˌfuchsinoˈphilic adj. in the same sense.
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the world > life > biology > substance > staining quality of substance > [adjective]
basophil1890
neutrophil1890
neutrophilic1893
oxyphil1893
oxyphilous1893
basophilic1894
basophilous1894
metachromatic1894
polychromatophilic1897
polychromatophil1898
chromophil1899
chromophilic1899
chromophobic1899
orthochromatic1899
polychromatic1899
pycnomorphous1899
fuchsinophil1900
neutrophilous1900
carminophilous1901
chromatoid1901
oxyphilic1901
pyknotic1902
sudanophil1902
chromaffin1903
metachromic1908
chromophobe1909
phaeochrome1909
sudanophilic1909
trachychromatic1909
polychromasic1911
chromaffinic1913
osmiophilic1923
osmophile1923
Feulgen-negative1928
fuchsinophilic1931
heteropycnotic1934
osmophilic1936
isopycnotic1950
Feulgen-positive1954
1931 Amer. Jrnl. Anat. 48 165 Many of the fuchsinophilic or eosinophilic necrotic cells have disappeared.
1970 H. Selye Exper. Cardiovasc. Dis. II. iv. 665 Fuchsinophilic degeneration is a pre~necrotic change affecting certain myocardial fibers in damaged areas.
1970 H. Selye Exper. Cardiovasc. Dis. II. iv. 665 The fuchsinophilic fibers or fiber segments.
1970 H. Selye Exper. Cardiovasc. Dis. II. iv. 665 Fuchsinophilic staining.
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adj.n.1900