heterophil

[het-er-uh-fil]

het·er·o·phil

[het-er-uh-fil]
adjective
1.
Also, het·er·o·phil·ic. Immunology. (of an antibody) having an affinity for an antigen other than its specific antigen.
noun
2.
Cell Biology. a neutrophil.

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Heterophil is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
Also, het·er·o·phile [het-er-uh-fahyl] .


Origin:
1915–20; hetero- + -phil
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heterophil het·er·o·phil (hět'ə-rō-fĭl') or het·er·o·phile (-fīl')
n.
A granulocyte; in humans, a neutrophil. adj.
Relating to heterogenetic antigens or to antibodies directed against such antigens.

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