Medical Dictionary
argyrophilic
adj ar·gyr·o·phil·ic \ˌär-jə-(ˌ)rō-ˈfil-ik, -rə-\
Medical Definition of ARGYROPHILIC
: having an affinity for silver—used of certain cells, structures, or tissues that selectively reduce silver salts to metallic silver <argyrophilic cytoplasmic inclusions>
Variants of ARGYROPHILIC
ar·gyr·o·phil·ic also ar·gyr·o·phil \ˈär-jə-(ˌ)rō-ˌfil, -rə-\ or ar·gyr·o·phile \-ˌfīl\
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