"basophil" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbeɪsəfɪl/ Forms: basophils [plural]
Etymology: From baso- + -phil. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|baso-|-phil|text=+|tree=1}} From baso- + -phil. Head templates: {{en-noun}} basophil (plural basophils)
  1. (cytology) Any cell that has granules stained by basic stains.
    (cytology, immunology) A white blood cell responsible for inflammatory reactions during immune response.
    Synonyms (white blood cell): basophilic granulocyte
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  2. (cytology) Any cell that has granules stained by basic stains.
    One of the endocrine basophilic cells of the adenohypophysis, including gonadotrophs and thyrotrophs.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: beta cell Hypernyms: granulocyte, multinuclear leukocyte, polymorphonuclear leukocyte, PMN, PML Related terms: basophile, basophilia, basophilic Translations (cell): bazofil [masculine] (Czech), basofiili (Finnish), basophile [masculine] (French), basófilo [masculine] (Galician), basofil (Indonesian), bazofîl [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), basófilo [masculine] (Portuguese), basófilo [masculine] (Spanish), basofil [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'cell': 50 50

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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