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Basophil

Definition: Basophil

Basophil

Noun

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

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Basophil" is a common misspelling or typo for: basophile, basophilic.



Specialty Definitions: Basophil

DomainDefinitions

Health

A polymorphonuclear leucocyte of the myeloid cell series containing round granules of different sizes which are believed to contain heparin, also histamin that may be released in immediate hypersensitivity reactions. (references)
 A type of white blood cell. Basophils are granulocytes. (references)

Medicine

Basophil:a polymorphonuclear leucocyte of the myeloid cell series containing round granules of different sizes which are believed to contain heparin, also histamin that may be released in immediate hypersensitivity reactions. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Basophil

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Basophils are the least common of the granulocytes. They contain large cytoplasmic granules which obscure the nucles under the microscope. However when the nucleus is visable it is sceen to have 2 lobes. When basophils leave the blood they become mast cells. These cells play a major part in the inflammatory process, having a rapid responce to specific allergens and releasing heparin, histamine and serotonin.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Basophil."

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Synonym: Basophil

Synonym: basophile (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Basophil

Specialty definitions using "basophil": Basophil Degranulation Test, basophil leucocyteHistamine Release. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Basophil

DomainTitle

Books

  • Basophil and Mast Cell Degranulation and Recovery (Blood Cell Biochemistry, Vol 4) (reference)

  • Biological and Molecular Aspects of Mast Cell and Basophil Differentiation and Function (reference)

  • Mast Cell and Basophil Differentiation and Function in Health and Disease (reference)

  • The human blood basophil : morphology, origin, kinetics, function, and pathology (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Basophil

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

When an IgE antibody siting on a mast cell or basophil encounters its specific allergen, the IgE antibody signals the mast cell or basophil to release the powerful chemicals stored within its granules. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Expressions: Basophil

Expressions using "basophil": Basophil Degranulation Test basophil leucocyte. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Basophil

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

basophil

25

basophil lymphocyte

8
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Modern Translations: Basophil

Language Translations for "basophil"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

basophilocyt, basofil granulocyt, basofil (basophilic, basophilous). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

basophiel (basophilic, basophilous), basofiel. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

میل ترکیبی شدیدباموادقلیاءی , ماده قلیادوست . (various references)

   

Finnish

  

basofiilinen granulosyytti, basofiili, emäsmielteinen jyvässolu. (various references)

   

French

  

basophile (basocyte, basophil leucocyte, basophile, basophilic, basophilic cell, basophilous), polynucléaire basophile (basocyte, basophil leucocyte, basophile, basophilic cell), mastocyte sanguin (basocyte, basophil leucocyte, basophile, basophilic cell). (various references)

   

German

  

basophil (basophilic, basophilous). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

βασεόφιλος, βασεόφιλο κύτταρο (basophilic, basophilous). (various references)

   

Italian

  

basofilo (basophilic, basophilous). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

asophilbay

   

Portuguese

  

teste de desgranulação de basófilos (basophil degranulation test, degranulation test), teste de desgranulação (basophil degranulation test, degranulation test), granulação basófila das hemácias (basophil stippling of erythrocytes, punctate basophilia), adenoma basófilo (basophil adenoma). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

basiófilo (basocyte, basophil leucocyte, basophile, basophilic cell), basófilo (basophilic, basophilous). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

degranuleringstest (basophil degranulation test, degranulation test). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Basophil

Derivations

Words beginning with "basophil": basophile, basophiles, basophilia, basophilias, basophilic, basophils. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Basophil

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-h-i-l-o-p-s"

-1 letter: abolish, phobias.

-2 letters: bishop, palish, phials, phobia, pibals, poisha, polish.

-3 letters: aboil, aphis, apish, bails, basil, blahs, blips, boils, bolas, hails, halos, lapis, obias, ohias, opahs, opals, pails, phial, pibal, plash, polis, psoai, sahib, shoal, spahi, spail, spoil.

-4 letters: abos, ails, albs, alps, also, bail, bals, baps, bash, bias, bios, blah, blip, boas, boil, bola, bops, bosh, hail, halo, haps, hasp, hila, hips, hobs, holp, hols, hops, isba, labs, laps, lash, libs, lipa, lips, lisp, lobs, lops, obia, obis, ohia, oils, opah, opal, pail, pals, pash, phis, pial, pias, pish, piso, pois, pols, posh, sail, salp, ship, shop, sial, silo, slab, slap, slip, slob, slop, soap, soil, sola, soli, soph.

-5 letters: abo, abs, ail, ais, alb, alp, als, ash, asp, bah, bal, bap, bas, bio, bis, boa, bop, bos, hao, hap, has, hip, his, hob, hop, lab, lap, las, lib, lip, lis, lob, lop, obi, ohs, oil, ops, pah, pal, pas, phi, pia, pis, poh, poi, pol, psi, sab, sal, sap, sha, sib, sip, sob, sol, sop, spa.

 Words containing the letters "a-b-h-i-l-o-p-s"
 

+1 letter: basophile, basophils.

 

+2 letters: amphiboles, basophiles, basophilia, basophilic, hospitable, hospitably.

 

+3 letters: amphibolies, basophilias, biophysical.

 

+4 letters: ailurophobes, amphibiously, amphibolites, haptoglobins, inhospitable, inhospitably.

 

+5 letters: ailurophobias, amphibologies, lymphoblastic, nonperishable, trophoblastic.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Basophil


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 61 73 6F 70 68 69 6C

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01100001 01110011 01101111 01110000 01101000 01101001 01101100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#97 &#115 &#111 &#112 &#104 &#105 &#108

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 0061 0073 006F 0070 0068 0069 006C

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3667858182747578

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Derivations
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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