{ , n. [ L. neuter + Gr. &unr_; loving. ] (Physiol.) One of a group of leukocytes whose granules stain only with neutral dyes; it is the chief phagocytic leukocyte in the circulating blood, comprising from 54% to 65% of the total number of leukocytes. -- Neu"tro*phil"ic a., Neu*troph"i*lous a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]