Definition of Basophilic

1. Adjective. Staining readily with basic dyes.

Category relationships: Biological Science, Biology
Partainyms: Basophilia
Derivative terms: Basophilia

Definition of Basophilic

1. Adjective. Describing biological tissue that stains readily with basic dyes ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Basophilic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Basophilic

1. Denoting tissue components having an affinity for basic dyes under specific pH conditions. Synonym: basophil, basophile. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Basophilic

bason
basons
basonym
basonyms
basopenia
basophil
basophil adenoma
basophil cell of anterior lobe of hypophysis
basophil degranulation test
basophil granule
basophil substance
basophile
basophiles
basophilia
basophilias
basophilic (current term)
basophilic degeneration
basophilic leukaemia
basophilic leukocyte
basophilic leukocytosis
basophilic leukopenia
basophilic substance
basophilism
basophilocyte
basophils
basoplasm
basosquamous carcinoma
basotemporal
basqued
basques

Literary usage of Basophilic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"(c) Deviations from, the Normal Appearance of Stained Red Bla Corpuscles We have now to consider: (1) diffuse basophilic staining of the p plasm of the red ..."

2. A Manual of clinical diagnosis by means of laboratory methods, for students by Charles Edmund Simon (1902)
"Special Staining of basophilic Leucocytes.—The staining fluid consists of 100 cc of ... With the exception of bacteria, only the basophilic leucocytes are ..."

3. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1899)
"... PERINUCLEAR basophilic GRANULES.— Saturated aqueous solution of -| Orange G, 70 cc. ( Acid fuchsin, 55 cc. ( Methyl green, 80 cc. ..."

4. A Guide to the Clinical Examination of the Blood for Diagnostic Purposes by Richard Clarke Cabot (1897)
"... PERINUCLEAR basophilic GRANULES. Using the following modification of Ehrlich's tricolor mixture, Neusser' believes that he can bring out certain ..."

5. Practical Handbook of the Pathology of the Skin: An Introduction to the by John MacLeod Hendrie MacLeod (1903)
"basophilic collagen retains the same structure as normal collagen, and can only be distinguished from it by its staining peculiarities. ..."

6. Hematological atlas, with a description of the technic of blood examination by Karl Friedrich Wilhelm Schleip (1908)
"The large cell with homogeneous basophilic protoplasm (2) also gives rise, by way of intermediate stages, to the basophilic myelocyte (8), which in turn is ..."

7. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1903)
"Seven days later, during which time the blood picture had not changed particularly, but the patient's feeling had greatly improved, numerous basophilic red ..."

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