basophil

/bey-suh-fil/US // ˈbeɪ sə fɪl //UK // (ˈbeɪsəfɪl) //

嗜碱细胞,嗜碱菌,嗜碱者,嗜酸细胞

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : Biology. a basophilic cell, tissue, organism, or substance.
- : Anatomy. a white blood cell having a two-lobed nucleus and basilophilic granules in its cytoplasm.

adj.形容词 adjective

Schaffer made use of a corresponding basophil stain, hmalum.
Their intensely basophil granulation, of very irregular size and unequal distribution, must specially be mentioned.
He distinguishes hyaline, acidophil and basophil cells, and derives all from the lymphocytes.
In the young granules there is prominent a basophil portion that becomes less and less marked as the cell grows older.
That a well-marked basophil leucocytosis has not so far been observed may be thus explained.