/ee'euh sin"euh fil/ , Biol.
n.
1. Histol. any cell, tissue, organism, or substance that has an affinity for eosin and other acid stains.
2. Cell Biol. a leukocyte having eosinophilic granules in the cytoplasm and usually a bilobate nucleus.
adj.
3. eosinophilic.
Also, eosinophile /ee'euh sin"euh fuyl'/ .
[ 1885-90; EOSIN + -O- + -PHIL(E) ]