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What does refractile mean?

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Adjective
  1. Able to refract, refractive
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Often the fractured platelike secretions and crystalloid forms were associated with refractile spherical particulate debris.
Viewed using phase microscopy, live cells will appear bright and refractile, whereas dead cells will appear somewhat larger and stained dark with eosin dye.
Numerous sheet-like refractile and strongly polarizable particles are present within the histiocytes.
Yeast cells can be mistaken for red blood cells since they have a double refractile wall which may simulate the donut appearance of red cells.
As the colony increases, the granular character becomes more marked, until it seems to be made up of highly refractile granules, like a mass of particles of glass.
Each ommatidium contains six to eight sensory receptors arranged under a cornea and refractile cone and is surrounded by pigment cells, which adjust the intensity of light.

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