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BASOPHIL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("basophil" is a kind of...):
leucocyte; leukocyte; WBC; white blood cell; white blood corpuscle; white cell; white corpuscle (blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system)
Context examples:
A decrease in the number of mature granulocytes (neutrophils, eosinophils, and basophils) in the peripheral blood. — 2004
(Neutropenia, NCI Thesaurus)
Any process that decreases the frequency, rate or extent of apoptosis in neutrophils, eosinophils or basophils.
(Negative Regulation of Myeloid Cell Apoptotic Process, NCI Thesaurus)
Myeloblasts become mature white blood cells called granulocytes (neutrophils, basophils, and eosinophils).
(Myeloblast, NCI Dictionary)
Any apoptotic process occurring in a neutrophil, eosinophil or basophil.
(Myeloid Cell Apoptotic Process, NCI Thesaurus)
This allele, which encodes small inducible cytokine A8 protein, plays a role in the chemotaxis of monocytes, lymphocytes, basophils and eosinophils.
(CCL8 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
The determination of the ratio of basophils compared to total cells present in a sample.
(Basophil to Total Cell Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
A relative measurement (ratio or percentage) of the basophils to total cells in a biological specimen (for example a bone marrow specimen).
(Basophil to Total Cell Ratio Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
IL-5Ra, expressed on both eosinophils and basophils, plays a key role in asthma.
(Benralizumab, NCI Thesaurus)
A relative measurement (ratio or percentage) of the basophils to leukocytes in a biological specimen.
(Basophil to Leukocyte Ratio, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The determination of the ratio of basophils to leukocytes in a blood sample.
(Basophil to Leukocyte Ratio, NCI Thesaurus)
