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eosinophil
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Eosinophil granulocyte
Eosinophil
granulocytes
, usually called
eosinophils
or
eosinophiles
(or, less commonly,
acidophils
), are a variety of
white blood cell
and one of the
immune system
components responsible for combating multicellular
parasites
and certain
infections
in
vertebrates
. Along with
mast cells
, they also control mechanisms associated with
allergy
and
asthma
. They are
granulocytes
that develop during
hematopoiesis
in the
bone marrow
before migrating into blood.
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