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basophil
[ bey-suh-fil ]
noun
- Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- Anatomy. a white blood cell having a two-lobed nucleus and basilophilic granules in its cytoplasm.
adjective
- Biology. basilophilic.
basophil
/ ˈbeɪsəfɪl /
adjective
- (of cells or cell contents) easily stained by basic dyes
noun
- a basophil cell, esp a leucocyte
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Word History and Origins
Origin of basophil1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of basophil1
C19: from Greek; see base 1+ -phile
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Example Sentences
Schaffer made use of a corresponding basophil stain, hmalum.
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Their intensely basophil granulation, of very irregular size and unequal distribution, must specially be mentioned.
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He distinguishes hyaline, acidophil and basophil cells, and derives all from the lymphocytes.
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In the young granules there is prominent a basophil portion that becomes less and less marked as the cell grows older.
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That a well-marked basophil leucocytosis has not so far been observed may be thus explained.
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