Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun neutrophil

1 sense of neutrophil

Sense 1
neutrophil, neutrophile -- (the chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes)
       => leukocyte, leucocyte, white blood cell, white cell, white blood corpuscle, white corpuscle, WBC -- (blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system)