basophilic substance

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• substance — Stuff; material. SYN: substantia [TA], matter. [L. substantia, essence, material, fr. sub sto, to stand under, be present] alpha s. SYN: reticular s. (1). anterior perforated s. [TA] a region at the base …   Medical dictionary

• basophil — ba·so·phil bā sə .fil, zə or ba·so·phile .fīl n a basophilic substance or structure esp a white blood cell with basophilic granules that is similar in function to a mast cell * * * n. a variety of white blood cell distinguished by the presence in …   Medical dictionary

• Nissl bodies — nis əl n pl discrete granular bodies of variable size that occur in the cell body and dendrites but not the axon of neurons, are composed of RNA and polyribosomes, are stained with basic dyes (as methylene blue), and give a striped appearance to… …   Medical dictionary

• basophil — also basophile noun Date: circa 1890 a basophilic substance or structure; especially a white blood cell containing basophilic granules that is similar in function to a mast cell …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• volutin — noun Etymology: German, from New Latin volutans, specific epithet of the bacterium Spirillum volutans in which it was first found Date: 1908 a granular basophilic substance containing nucleic acids that is found especially in cells of… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• volutin — A nucleoprotein complex found as cytoplasmic granules in certain bacteria, yeasts, and protozoa (such as trypanosome flagellates) which serves as food reserves. SYN: v. granules. * * * vo·lu·tin väl yə .tin, və lüt ən n a granular basophilic… …   Medical dictionary

• volutin — ˈvälyəd.ə̇n, ətə̇n noun ( s) Etymology: German, from volut (from New Latin volutans specific epithet of the bacterium Spirillum volutans in which volutin was first found from Latin, rolling, tumbling, present participle of volutare to roll about …   Useful english dictionary

• body — 1. The head, neck, trunk, and extremities. The human b., consisting of head (caput), neck (collum), trunk (truncus), and limbs (membra). 2. The material part of a human, as distinguished from the …   Medical dictionary

• Cell — The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane. Each cell in the human body there are 100 trillion cells in each of us contains the entire… …   Medical dictionary

• granule — 1. A grainlike particle; a granulation; a minute discrete mass. 2. A very small pill, usually gelatin or sugar coated, containing a drug to be given in a small dose. 3. A colony of the bacterium or …   Medical dictionary

• degeneration — 1. Deterioration; passing from a higher to a lower level or type. 2. A worsening of mental, physical, or moral qualities. 3. A retrogressive pathologic change in cells or tissues, in consequence of which their functions are often impaired or… …   Medical dictionary