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Basophils

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Basophils 

(biology), cells whose protoplasm contains granules that are stained with basic dyes. The term “basophil” is used to designate one of the types of white blood cells (in a healthy person basophils constitute 0.5–1 percent of all the white blood cells) or one of the types of cells in the anterior lobe of the pituitary.



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