oxyphil

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oxyphil ox·y·phil (ŏk'sĭ-fĭl') or ox·y·phile (-fīl')
n.

  1. See eosinophil.

  2. See oxyphil cell.


ox'y·phil'ic (-fĭl'ĭk) adj.

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