polychromatophilian.
/ˌpɒlɪkrəˌmatə(ʊ)ˈfɪlɪə/, U.S. /ˈˌpɑlikroʊˌmædoʊˈfɪljə/, /ˈˌpɑlikroʊˌmædoʊˈfɪliə/ Cell Biology and Medicine.
(A condition characterized by) the presence of polychromatophil erythrocytes in the blood; the state or condition of being polychromatophil.
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metachromatism1893
metachromasia1896
polychromatophilia1897
metachromasy1903
sudanophilia1907
polychromasia1909
acidophilia1913
heteropycnosis1925
fuchsinophilia1940
basophilia1946
isopycnosis1950
the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood > components of blood > blood corpuscle or plate > [noun] > red cells or corpuscles > polychromatophilia
polychromatophilia1897
polychromasia1909
1897 R. C. Cabot Guide Clin. Exam. Blood 77 The typical megaloblast is an abnormally large cell.., frequently showing marks of degeneration (polychromatophilia) in its protoplasm, which is therefore brownish or purplish with the Ehrlich–Biondi stain.
1933 A. Piney tr. P. Morawitz Blood Dis. in Clin. Pract. ii. 12 Among the non-nucleated red corpuscles Jenner's stain often shows elements which are not purely red, but violet: this is polychromatophilia.
1973 B. A. Brown Hematol. ii. 34/2 Polychromatophilia..indicates red blood cells containing RNA. They will stain a pinkish-gray to pinkish-blue color.
1997 Chest (Nexis) 112 265 The peripheral blood smear revealed anisocytosis, poikilocytosis, microcytosis, polychromatophilia, and Howell–Jolly bodies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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