- sudanophilia
- 1. Affinity for an oil-soluble or Sudan dye. 2. A condition in which leukocytes contain minute fat droplets that take a brilliant red stain when treated with 0.2% Sudan III and 0.1% cresyl blue in absolute alcohol.
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su·dan·o·phil·ia sü-.dan-ə-'fil-ē-ə n the quality or state of being sudanophilic* * *
su·dano·phil·ia (soo-dan″o-filґe-ə) [sudan + -philia] affinity for Sudan stain.
Medical dictionary. 2011.