Definition of "eosinophile" [eosinophile]

• A leukocyte readily stained with eosin (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "The coccal-shaped granules of the _eosinophile_ cells are stained more deeply oxyphile than those of the corresponding cells of the fowl."
• "The coarse granules of the _eosinophile_ cells appear to stain less deeply oxyphile, probably owing to the basophile staining of the cytoplasm."
• "The nucleus of the _eosinophile cell_ is ring-shaped or much divided, and the granules are coccal and stain oxyphile."