argyrophilic
English
editEtymology
editargyrophil + -ic
Adjective
editargyrophilic (comparative more argyrophilic, superlative most argyrophilic)
- (cytology) Having an affinity for silver (and thus able to be stained by a subsequent reducing agent).
- 1989, M. Yamamoto, S. Nakajo, “Endocrine cell carcinoma (carcinoid) of the gallbladder”, in The American journal of surgical pathology, , [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2648878 ���PMID]:
- Tumor cells of both the endocrine cell carcinoma and the adenocarcinoma were argyrophilic.
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editTranslations
edithaving an affinity for silver
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