One calls basophilic a cellular component which has an affinity for the basic dyes.

The granulocytes basophilic (or more simply basophilic) are polymorphonuclear leucocytes blood which have an affinity for the basic dyes. The Basophilie is a rise in the number of granulocytes basophilic.

See too

• Eosinophilic Neutrophile
• Coloring of May-Grünwald-Giemsa