argentophil,a.Histol.|ɑːˈdʒɛntəfɪl|Also -phile|-faɪl|.[f.argento- + -phil, -phile.]=*argyrophil a.1947Dawson & Moyer inAnat.Rec.XCVII. 328These cells are demonstrable by the Bodian protargol method (even without reduction or gold toning)..but are not chromaffin positive and are not impregnated by the Masson–Hamperl technique. Accordingly they are referred to as argentophile rather than argentaffin.1952G. H. BourneCytol.& CellPhysiol.(ed.2) vi. 253Each piece of pre-substance gradually develops a double structure, with an argentophile and osmiophile cortex.1954H. W. Deane in R. O. GreepHistol.xxi. 556Argentophile cells..contain granules that may be blackened with silver salts. These are related to the true argentaffin cells.1983Acta Neuropath. LIX. 79/1Numerous inflated cells, intraneuronal argentophil Pick bodies and central chromolysis of neurons were found throughout the cerebral cortex.Also argentoˈphilic a., in same sense.1959W. AndrewTextbk.Compar.Histol.i. 12It is..important to note the constancy with which we find this osmiophilic and argentophilic structure among the many types of cells in myriads of animal species.1983Jrnl.Protozool. XXX. 268/2The intermeridional argentophilic band of granules..is yet another example of the variety of cytological effects that can be achieved with the..Chatton–Lwoff technique.