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basophile

basophile is the alternative form of basophil.

Meaning of basophil

Noun

basophil (plural basophils)

  1. A white blood cell responsible for inflammatory reactions during immune response.
  2. One of the endocrine basophilic cells of the adenohypophysis, including gonadotrophs and thyrotrophs.

Forms of basophile

pluralbasophiles

Questions about basophile

What is basophile the alternative form of?
Basophile is the alternative form of basophil.

Words near basophile in the dictionary

  1. basonym
  2. basonyms
  3. basopenia
  4. basopenias
  5. basophil
  6. basophile
  7. basophiles
  8. basophilia
  9. basophilias
  10. basophilic
  11. basophilic granulocyte

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Adapted from Wiktionary: basophile (page history and authors); basophil (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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