English Explanatory Dictionary

basophil

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any cell that has granules stained by basic stains.
  2. A white blood cell responsible for inflammatory reactions during immune response.
  3. One of the endocrine basophilic cells of the adenohypophysis, including gonadotrophs and thyrotrophs.

Pronunciation

/ˈbeɪsəfɪl/

Word forms

basophil basophils

Etymology

From baso- + -phil.

Synonyms

beta cell basophilic granulocyte

Related words

basophile basophilia basophilic

Translations

Czech: bazofil Finnish: basofiili French: basophile Galician: basófilo Indonesian: basofil Northern Kurdish: bazofîl Portuguese: basófilo Spanish: basófilo Swedish: basofil
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on B Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary