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basophyl

basophyl 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 basophyl

pluralbasophyls

Questions about basophyl

What is basophyl the alternative form of?
Basophyl is the alternative form of basophil.

Words near basophyl in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: basophyl (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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