BASOPHILIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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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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