Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Relating to tissue components that stain readily with basic dyes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Same as
basophil .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Describing
biological tissue thatstains readily withbasic dyes
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective staining readily with basic dyes
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Examples
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Thus, hematoxylin is termed a basophilic stain (i.e., reactive with groups that "love" base = acids), whereas eosin is acidophilic (i.e., reactive with groups that "love" acid = bases).
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Two short years later the microsomes, basophilic components of the cell ground substance, had settled in one of my test tubes, still a structureless jelly, but now captive in our hands.
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This causes damage to collagen and elastin, loss of smooth muscle cells and increased amounts of basophilic ground substance in the medial (elastic) layer of the aorta.
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Excessive variability in myofiber size was evident with a pattern of degeneration (multifocal groups of necrotic fibers with variable phagocytosis) and regeneration (multifocal groups of small calibre fibers with a basophilic appearance and of histochemical type 2C).
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"The aim of this study was to examine whether POMx modulates inflammatory reactions using human basophilic cell line KU812."
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"The aim of this study was to examine whether POMx modulates inflammatory reactions using human basophilic cell line KU812."
NutraIngredients RSS 2009
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"The aim of this study was to examine whether POMx modulates inflammatory reactions using human basophilic cell line KU812."
NutraIngredients RSS 2009
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"The aim of this study was to examine whether POMx modulates inflammatory reactions using human basophilic cell line KU812."
NutraIngredients RSS 2009
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"The aim of this study was to examine whether POMx modulates inflammatory reactions using human basophilic cell line KU812."
NutraIngredients RSS 2009
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"The aim of this study was to examine whether POMx modulates inflammatory reactions using human basophilic cell line KU812."
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