EOSINOPHIL -
Noun: One of the three granular white blood cells which have a role in protecting us against allergies. They increase in numbers in response to certain parasitic infections. It is named after a rose-red coal tar dye called eosin which easily stains it.

Greek - eôs = dawn (the rose-red colour)

Greek - philos = loving

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