Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A cell, especially a white blood cell, having granules that stain readily with basic dyes.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In cytology, staining deeply with basic dyes only: said of a cell or part of a cell: opposed to acidophil. Also used substantively.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun cytology Any
cell that hasgranules stained bybasic stains ; but especially granularleukocytes .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains
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Examples
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Hyperimmune responses, either at the initial immunisation challenge or in the amplification of immune response, can be observed in cellular mechanisms such as basophil degranulation, or at a molecular level, with changes in the levels of messengers such as leukotrienes; reduction of the intensity of these mechanisms are described in terms of molecular pharmacology, such as selective or nonselective inhibition of lipoxygenases.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
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"Human basophil degranulation triggered by very dilute antiserum against IgE".
Dana Ullman: Nobel Prize Winner Takes Homeopathy Seriously Dana Ullman 2011
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Inhibition of human basophil degranulation by successive histamine dilutions: results of a European multi-centre trial.
Dana Ullman: Disinformation on Homeopathy: Two Leading Sources Dana Ullman 2011
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"Human basophil degranulation triggered by very dilute antiserum against IgE".
Dana Ullman: Nobel Prize Winner Takes Homeopathy Seriously Dana Ullman 2011
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When an allergen binds between two IgE antibodies, it induces degranulation of a mast cell/basophil, which leads to the rapid release of histamine and the more gradual release of other mediators such as leukotrienes and cytokines.
Archive 2006-03-01 Steve Carper 2006
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When an allergen binds between two IgE antibodies, it induces degranulation of a mast cell/basophil, which leads to the rapid release of histamine and the more gradual release of other mediators such as leukotrienes and cytokines.
The Different Types of Dairy Allergy Steve Carper 2006
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Human basophil degranulation triggered by very dilute antiserum against IgE.
The Best Alternative Medicine Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier 2000
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Human basophil degranulation triggered by very dilute antiserum against IgE.
The Best Alternative Medicine Dr. Kenneth R. Pelletier 2000
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These marrow cells proper, or myelocytes, resemble in appearance lymphoid corpuscles, and like them are ameboid; they generally have a hyaline protoplasm, though some show granules either oxyphil or basophil in reaction.
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These basophil granules have been named chromatin or basichromatin and owe their staining properties to the presence of nucleic acid.
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