| 释义 |
basophil, a. and n. Biol.|ˈbeɪsəfɪl|
Also -phile |-faɪl|.
[f. Gr. βάσι-ς base n.1 + ϕίλος loving: see -phil, -phile.]
A. adj. Applied to a cell or other structure having an affinity for basic substances; that stains readily with a basic dye.
B. n. A cell, etc., of this nature. Hence basoˈphilic, baˈsophilous adjs.
1890Billings Med. Dict., Basophile, staining well with basic aniline dyes. 1894Gould Dict. Med., Basophilic.., combining readily with bases; stainable by means of basic dyes. Basophilous.., stained by basic rather than by acid dyes (applied to certain cells and tissue-elements). 1898Allbutt's Syst. Med. V. 402 The further division of the latter [sc. the granular form of white blood-corpuscles] into basophil and oxyphil. 1900Dorland Med. Dict., Basophil, a basophilic element. 1907Practitioner Sept. 455 The nuclei of all these varieties of colourless blood corpuscles are basophil, which means that they have a strong affinity for basic aniline dyes such as methylene blue. 1908Ibid. Dec. 839 The red corpuscles of those affected by lead poisoning are basophilic. 1932Fuller & Conard tr. Braun-Blanquet's Plant Sociol. xiii. 311 Those basophiles which cannot endure high concentration of salts. Ibid. 314 In cool, humid climates the development of vegetation becomes essentially a struggle of the acidophilous against the neutrophilous and basophilous species. 1962Lancet 27 Jan. 206/2 In the early stages of the production pathway, the lymphocytes are large and possess an intensely basophilic cytoplasm. 1966Lancet 31 Dec. 1457/1 Mast cells in the rabbit exist mainly in its blood as the mast leucocytes, or basophils. |