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noun
Any cell that has granules stained by basic stains.
A white blood cell responsible for inflammatory reactions during immune response.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, cytology, immunology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
Any cell that has granules stained by basic stains.
One of the endocrine basophilic cells of the adenohypophysis, including gonadotrophs and thyrotrophs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, cytology, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: basophile
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: leukocyte, leucocyte, white blood cell, white cell, white blood corpuscle, white corpuscle, WBC
History
From baso- + -phil.
Across languages
9 source translations are retained for this English entry.
