The quality or condition of staining readily with basic dyes, or the abnormal increase in basophil cells in the blood.
From Greek 'basis' (base), '-phile' (lover), and '-ia' (condition), literally meaning 'the condition of loving bases.'
When doctors see basophilia in your blood work, it can signal leukemia or allergic disease—the presence of too many basophils is like your immune system's alarm bells ringing too loudly.
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