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Staining readily with an azure dye. Used especially in reference to certain cytoplasmic granules in white blood cells.
Azurophil
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(ă-zhʊr'ə-fĭl', ăzh'ə-rō-fĭl') or a·zu·ro·phile (-fīl', -fĭl')
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A tissue constituent staining with azure or a similar metachromatic thiazine dye.
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Azurophil is the term used to refer to objects that are readily staining with an azure dye. [1]
The term is used especially in reference to certain cytoplasmic granules[2] in white blood cells, particularly hyperchromatin and reddish purple granules of certain blood cells.
As another example, neutrophils carry an arsenal of anti-microbial defensins within their azurophils, which eventually fuse with phagocytic vacuoles.
Contents include myeloperoxidase, defensins, neutral serine proteases, lysozyme, and bactericidal/permeability increasing protein.[3]
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