BASOPHILIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does basophilic mean? 

• BASOPHILIC (adjective)
  The adjective BASOPHILIC has 1 sense:

1. staining readily with basic dyes

  Familiarity information: BASOPHILIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BASOPHILIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Staining readily with basic dyes

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Domain category:

biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)

Pertainym:

basophilia (the tendency of cells to stain with basic dyes)

Derivation:

basophilia (the tendency of cells to stain with basic dyes)

 Context examples 

May be subclassified as to cell staining characteristics: basophilic, eosinophilic, amphophilic or mixed

(Hepatocellular Adenoma of the Mouse, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

Histologically, it is composed of closely packed cells with hyperchromatic nuclei and scant basophilic cytoplasm.

(Esophageal Basaloid Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

A measurement of the Dohle bodies (blue-gray, basophilic, leukocyte inclusions located in the peripheral cytoplasm of neutrophils) in a biological specimen.

(Dohle Body Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

It consists of two solutions: an eosinophilic (red) solution and a basophilic (blue) stain.

(Diff-Quik Staining Method, NCI Thesaurus)

It has basophilic cytoplasm and secretes immunoglobulins.

(Lymphoplasmacytoid Cell, NCI Thesaurus)

Morphologically, it consists of foamy histiocytes and characteristic basophilic inclusion bodies called Michaelis-Gutmann bodies.

(Malakoplakia, NCI Thesaurus)

The cytoplasm is basophilic and non-granular.

(Myeloblast, NCI Thesaurus)

The cytoplasm is agranular, stains moderately to lightly basophilic, and often has an intensely stained periphery and a prominent perinuclear zone.

(Monoblast, NCI Thesaurus)

A round basophilic inclusion body that contains calcium and iron. It is found in the bladder wall of patients with malakoplakia.

(Michaelis-Gutmann Body, NCI Thesaurus)

Mast cells are hematopoietic tissue cells that contain coarse, basophilic, metachromatic granules.

(Mast cell, NCI Thesaurus)