basophilic

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   staining readily with basic dyes

   biology

Questions about basophilic

What does basophilic mean?

basophilic means "staining readily with basic dyes".

How many syllables are in basophilic?

basophilic has 4 syllables: ba-so-phil-ic. The stress falls on "phil". In IPA it is /ˌbeɪsɔˈfɪlɪk/.

Is basophilic a common word?

basophilic is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with basophilic?

2 words rhyme with basophilic. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.