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BASOPHILIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The tendency of cells to stain with basic dyes
Example:
cytoplasmic basophilia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("basophilia" is a kind of...):
stainability ((cytology) the capacity of cells or cell parts to stain specifically with certain dyes)
Derivation:
basophilic (staining readily with basic dyes)
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