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azurophil

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azurophil /az·u·ro·phil/ (azh-u´ro-fil″) a tissue constituent staining with azure or a similar metachromatic thiazin dye.
a·zu·ro·phil (-zhr-fl, zh-r-fl) or a·zu·ro·phile (-fl, -fl)
adj.
Staining readily with an azure dye. Used especially in reference to certain cytoplasmic granules in white blood cells.

azurophil,
a substance that stains readily with an azure blue aniline dye. azurophilic, adj.

azurophil [azh-u´ro-fil]
a tissue constituent staining with azure or a similar blue aniline dye.

azurophil
a tissue constituent staining with azure or a similar metachromatic thiazine dye.


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There is a strong and specific association of WG with presence of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA) to a defined target antigen, proteinase 3 (PR3-ANCA), which is present within primary azurophil granules of neutrophils and lysozymes of monocytes (2).
 
 
 
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