Acidophile

As Acidophilie (from Latin acidus = sour and Greek philos = friend φίλος ) is known to bind in cell biology and cytodiagnosis the property of certain components of cells, "acid " dyes. The dyes that are ionically dissociate so, and in which the anion (negative charged ion ) of the dye. For example, eosin a " sour " dye. The cell components in question are basic (positively charged ), and are referred to as acidophilic.

In the hematology using the name Acidophilie in leukocytes that bind "acid " dyes. For the differentiation of leukocytes, especially eosin is used as "acid " dye. He is bound by constituents in the cytoplasm of certain white blood cells and colors them bright red, these leukocytes are called eosinophilic.

• Blood count
• Histological staining