amphophilic
1amphophilic — am·pho·phil·ic .am(p) fə fil ik also am·pho·phil am(p) fə .fil or am·phoph·i·lous am fäf ə ləs adj staining with both acid and basic dyes: NEUTROPHIL <amphophilic cytoplasm> * * * am·pho·phil·ic (am fo filґik) [ampho + philic] stainable… …
2amphophilic — adj. [Gr. ampho, both; philos, love] Certain cells and tissues that have an affinity equally for acid and for basic dyes …
3amphophilic — adjective That can be stained with either an acidic or basic dye …
4amphophilic — am·pho·phil·ic …
5amphophilic — …
6amphophilic, amphophilous — SYN: amphophil (1) …
7amphophilic-basophil — staining with both acid and basic stains, but having a greater affinity for basic ones …
8amphophilic-oxyphil — staining with both acid and basic dyes but having a greater affinity for the acid ones …
9amphophilic cell — a cell that stains readily with either acid or basic dyes; called also amphocyte, amphophil, amphochromatophil, and amphochromophil …
10gram-amphophilic — tending to stain both positive and negative with Gram stain …
