an abnormal increase of basophil leucocytes in the blood
2.
the affinity of a biological specimen for basic dyes
basophilia in American English
(ˌbeisəˈfɪliə, -ˈfiljə)
noun
Pathology
an abnormal increase in the number of basophils in the blood, occurring in some typesof leukemia, severe anemia, and other disorders
Word origin
[1900–05; basophil + -ia]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: burnout, decompression, elder statesman, hookup, throwaway-ia is a noun suffix having restricted application in various fields, as in names ofdiseases (malaria; anemia), place names (Italia; Romania), names of Roman feasts (Lupercalia), Latin or Latinizing plurals (Amphibia; insignia; Reptilia), and in other loanwords from Latin (militia)
Examples of 'basophilia' in a sentence
basophilia
Her lab results revealed a new basophilia.
Kathryn J. Lago, Matthew P. Shupe, William N. Hannah, Gopalrao V. N. Velagaleti, ChristinaMendiola, Veronica Ortega, Brian R. Haney 2017, 'Myelodysplasia and Mast Cell Leukemia with t(9;22)', Case Reports in Oncological Medicinehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9249302. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, his anemia and thrombocytopenia rapidly worsened with the appearance of peripheral basophilia three months later.
Yasuhiro Tanaka, Atsushi Tanaka, Akiko Hashimoto, Kumiko Hayashi, Isaku Shinzato 2017, 'Acute Myeloid Leukemia with Basophilic Differentiation Transformed from MyelodysplasticSyndrome', Case Reports in Hematologyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4695491. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In histopathological findings, the tubular basophilia and cast of the kidney and extramedullary hematopoiesis of the spleen were found.
Eunhye Cha, Jongchul Lee, Seongjin Lee, Manyong Park, Inja Song, Ilhong Son, Bong-KeunSong, Dongwoung Kim, Jongdeok Lee, Sungchul Kim 2015, 'A 4-week Repeated dose Oral Toxicity Study of Mecasin in Sprague-Dawley Rats to Determinethe Appropriate Doses for a 13-week, Repeated Toxicity Test', Journal of Pharmacopuncturehttp://dx.doi.org/10.3831/KPI.2015.18.037. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)