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BASOPHIL

Dictionary entry overview: What does basophil mean?

• BASOPHIL (noun)
The noun BASOPHIL has 1 sense:

1. a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains

Familiarity information: BASOPHIL used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• BASOPHIL (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

basophil; basophile

Hypernyms ("basophil" is a kind of...):

leucocyte; leukocyte; WBC; white blood cell; white blood corpuscle; white cell; white corpuscle (blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system)

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