beta basophil
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beta cell — n any of various secretory cells distinguished by their basophilic staining characters: as a) a pituitary basophil b) an insulin secreting cell of the islets of Langerhans compare ALPHA CELL * * * 1. the type of islet cell that makes up the bulk… … Medical dictionary
basophil — [bas′əfīl΄, bas′əfil΄bās′ə fil΄] n. [< BASIC + PHILE] a cell, substance, or tissue easily stained by basic dyes, as the beta cells in the anterior pituitary or certain white blood cells: also basophile [bas′əfīl΄, bas′əfil΄] basophilic… … English World dictionary
beta granules — 1. the granules in the beta cells of the islets of Langerhans, which contain insulin. 2. granules found in the basophils (beta cells) of the adenohypophysis; called also basophil g s … 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
basophil granule — 1. any granule staining with basic dyes. .2 one of the coarse bluish black granules found in basophils (def. 2). 3. (in the pl.) beta g s (def. 2) … Medical dictionary
thyrotroph — A cell in the anterior lobe of the pituitary that produces thyrotropin. * * * thy·ro·troph (thiґro trōf) a basophil of the adenohypophysis that secretes thyrotropin; called also beta basophil and thyrotrope or thyrotropic cell … 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
White blood cell — White Blood Cells redirects here. For the album by The White Stripes, see White Blood Cells (album). White blood cell A scanning electron microscope image of normal circulating human blood. In addition to the irregularly shaped leukocytes, both… … Wikipedia
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
Hematopoietic stem cell — HSC=Hematopoietic stem cell, Progenitor=Progenitor cell, L blast=Lymphoblast, Lymphocyte, Mo blast=Monoblast, Monocyte, Myeloblast … Wikipedia
