a decrease in the number of basophilic granulocytes in the circulating blood (difficult to evaluate, owing to the small and variable number normally present). Synonym(s): basocytopenia, basopenia
ba·so·phil·ic leu·ko·pe·ni·a
(bā'sō-fil'ik lū-kō-pē'nē-ă) A decrease in the number of basophilic granulocytes in the circulating blood.