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adj. - Staining readily with basic dyes.

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  • Two short years later the microsomes, basophilic components of the cell ground substance, had settled in one of my test tubes, still a structureless jelly, but now...
  • Plasma cells - ovoid cells with eccentric nucleus and intensely basophilic, "cartwheel or spokeswheel appearance of nucleus"
  • "The aim of this study was to examine whether POMx modulates inflammatory reactions using human basophilic cell line KU812."
  • A regenerative crypt comprised of tightly compacted and occasionally multi-layered large epithelial cells with a highly basophilic cytoplasm and large nuclei.
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