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basophily

basophily is the dated form of basophilia.

Meaning of basophilia

Noun

basophilia (countable and uncountable, plural basophilias)

  1. The condition of being basophilic (“easily stained with basic [high-pH] dyes”).
  2. A condition where the quantity of basophils (basophil granulocytes) is abnormally elevated.

Questions about basophily

What is basophily the dated form of?
Basophily is the dated form of basophilia.

Words near basophily in the dictionary

  1. basophilic granulocyte
  2. basophilic granulocytes
  3. basophilism
  4. basophilous
  5. basophils
  6. basophily
  7. basophobia
  8. basophyl
  9. basophyls
  10. basopinacocyte
  11. basopinacocytes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: basophily (page history and authors); basophilia (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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