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BASOPHILIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Staining readily with basic dyes
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Pertainym:
basophilia (the tendency of cells to stain with basic dyes)
Derivation:
basophilia (the tendency of cells to stain with basic dyes)
Context examples:
Cells are methylene blue positive on whole mounts, cells have basophilic cytoplasm on H and E stain, and may have Beta-catenin staining in the nucleus.
(Aberrant Crypt Foci of the Mouse Intestinal Tract, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
A polygonal, mononucleate cell resembling the cells of the inner layer of the trophoblast, having prominent nucleoli and clear, eosinophilic or basophilic cytoplasm.
(Cytotrophoblastic Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
The bone marrow and the peripheral blood show large myeloblasts with abundant basophilic cytoplasm, often containing azurophilic granules.
(Acute Myeloid Leukemia with t(8;21)(q22;q22); RUNX1-RUNX1T1, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)
A measurement of the basophilic stippling in a biological specimen.
(Basophilic Stippling Measurement, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
The determination of the amount of basophilic stippling present in a sample.
(Basophilic Stippling Measurement, NCI Thesaurus)
A highly aggressive lymphoma composed of monomorphic medium-sized B-cells with basophilic cytoplasm and numerous mitotic figures.
(Burkitt lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)
Chronic basophilic leukemia is an inappropriate term vaguely connected to the term mast cell leukemia.
(Acute Basophilic Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)
An acute basophilic leukemia occurring in children.
(Childhood Acute Basophilic Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)
It has a large nucleus without clefts, finely dispersed chromatin, and a rim of basophilic cytoplasm.
(Centroblast, NCI Thesaurus)
An acute basophilic leukemia occurring in adults.
(Adult Acute Basophilic Leukemia, NCI Thesaurus)
