Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
ar·gyr·o·phil·ic Pronunciation:
"är-j&-(")rO-'fil-ik, -r&- Variants:
also ar·gyr·o·phil /'är-j&-(")rO-"fil, -r&-/ or ar·gyr·o·phile /-"fIl/ Function:
adjective : having an affinity for silver—used of certain cells, structures, or tissues that selectively reduce silver salts to metallic silver <
argyrophilic cytoplasmic inclusions>
