basophiladj.n.

1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. I Basophile, staining well with basic aniline dyes.

1907 Practitioner 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.

1898 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. V. 402 The further division of the latter [sc. the granular form of white blood-corpuscles] into basophil and oxyphil.

1900 W. A. N. Dorland Amer. Illustr. Med. Dict. 105/1 Basophil, a basophilic element.

1932 G. D. Fuller & H. S. Conard tr. J. Braun-Blanquet Plant Sociol. xiii. 311 Those basophiles which cannot endure high concentration of salts.

1966 Lancet 31 Dec. 1457/1 Mast cells in the rabbit exist mainly in its blood as the mast leucocytes, or basophils.

1894 G. M. Gould Illustr. Dict. Med. Basophilic.., combining readily with bases; stainable by means of basic dyes.

1908 Practitioner Dec. 839 The red corpuscles of those affected by lead poisoning are basophilic.

1962 Lancet 27 Jan. 206/2 In the early stages of the production pathway, the lymphocytes are large and possess an intensely basophilic cytoplasm.

1894 G. M. Gould Illustr. Dict. Med. Basophilous.., stained by basic rather than by acid dyes (applied to certain cells and tissue-elements).

1932 G. D. Fuller & H. S. Conard tr. J. Braun-Blanquet Plant Sociol. xiii. 314 In cool, humid climates the development of vegetation becomes essentially a struggle of the acidophilous against the neutrophilous and basophilous species.