Noun

• S: (n) basophil, basophile (a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) leukocyte, leucocyte, white blood cell, white cell, white blood corpuscle, white corpuscle, WBC (blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system)
• S: (n) myelocyte (an immature leukocyte normally found in bone marrow)
• S: (n) myeloblast (a precursor of leukocytes that normally occurs only in bone marrow)
• S: (n) lymphocyte, lymph cell (an agranulocytic leukocyte that normally makes up a quarter of the white blood cell count but increases in the presence of infection)
• S: (n) granulocyte (a leukocyte that has granules in its cytoplasm)
• S: (n) monocyte (a type of granular leukocyte that functions in the ingestion of bacteria)
• S: (n) basophil, basophile (a leukocyte with basophilic granules easily stained by basic stains)
• S: (n) neutrophil, neutrophile (the chief phagocytic leukocyte; stains with either basic or acid dyes)
• S: (n) eosinophil, eosinophile (a leukocyte readily stained with eosin)