BASOPHILIA

basophilia

(noun) the tendency of cells to stain with basic dyes; “cytoplasmic basophilia”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

basophilia (countable and uncountable, plural basophilias)

The condition of being basophilic.

(hematology) A condition where the quantity of basophils (basophil granulocytes) is abnormally elevated.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

6 June 2025

PUNGENCY

(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”


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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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