BASOPHIL Definition & Meaning

basophil

[ bey-suh-fil ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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

/ ˈ��ɪ��ə��ɪ�� /

adjective

(of cells or cell contents) easily stained by basic dyes

noun

a basophil cell, esp a leucocyte

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of basophil¹

First recorded in 1885–90; bas(ic dye) + -o- + -phil

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of basophil¹

C19: from Greek; see base ¹+ -phile

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One of them, the chronic urticaria index, declared that I have “basophil reactive factors in … serum which supports an autoimmune basis for disease.”

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It’s a blood test that measures the levels of an immune cell called basophil which is activated by food exposure.

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Formerly granules, apparently basophil, were frequently observed in the white blood corpuscles, particularly in the region of the nucleus.

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Nucleus and protoplasm are basophil, nevertheless in many methods of staining the protoplasm possesses a much stronger affinity for the basic stain than does the nucleus.

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Their intensely basophil granulation, of very irregular size and unequal distribution, must specially be mentioned.

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