q significa basofilos 16
q means basophils is incorrectly written, and should be written as "basophil" being its meaning: Type of leukocytes or white blood cells than to be subjected in a blood test to a hematoxylin or Romanowsky stain their granules are stained blue ( they have a predilection for the basic blue colour which is etymologically meaning basophil, from the Greek basis baseos: base, pedestal, and philos philou: friend ). Basophils in normal individuals must be maximum 1% of the total leukocytes. One higher number means presence of infection or allergy against that basophils react with a vasodilator, histamine.