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BASAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem
Example:
radical leaves
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
Derivation:
base ((anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Serving as or forming a base
Example:
the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats
Synonyms:
basal; base
Classified under:
Similar:
basic (pertaining to or constituting a base or basis)
Derivation:
base (lowest support of a structure)
base (the fundamental assumptions from which something is begun or developed or calculated or explained)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Of or being the essential or basic part
Example:
a basal reader
Synonyms:
basal; elemental; elementary; primary
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
basic (pertaining to or constituting a base or basis)
Context examples:
The point of vulnerability lies in the fact that that solar heated surface water flows into the cavity near a stabilising pinning point, which could be undermined if basal melting intensifies further.
(Rapid melting of the world’s largest ice shelf linked to solar heat in the ocean, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
It is characterized by multiple basal cell carcinomas at a young age, odontogenic keratocysts, and skeletal defects (bifurcated and splayed ribs, fusion of vertebrae, spinal bifida).
(Nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
A medulloblastoma developing in patients with multiple basal cell carcinomas.
(Nevoid Basal Cell Carcinoma Syndrome Associated Medulloblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It has abundant clear cytoplasm packed with glycogen and a basal nucleus.
(Parathyroid Gland Clear Cell, NCI Thesaurus)
It consists of a thin basal layer of fibrous tissue upon which sits a continuous layer of mesothelial cells.
(Parietal Pleura, NCI Thesaurus)
Basal cell carcinoma is associated with mutations that activate Smoothened or inactivate Patched, causing excess activity of the hedgehog response pathway.
(Patched, NCI Thesaurus)
At basal Ca++ levels PLC d1 has been shown to be activated by the adrenoreceptor a1B, adrenoreceptor a1D, a-thromboxane receptor and oxytocin receptor.
(Phospholipid Associated Cell Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
It is characterized by abnormal accumulation of iron in the basal ganglia.
(Pantothenate Kinase-Associated Neurodegeneration, NCI Thesaurus)
It is formed by ciliated olfactory receptor cells, supporting cells and basal cells.
(Olfactory Epithelium, NCI Thesaurus)
Abnormal cells are found in the squamous cell or basal cell layer of the epidermis (topmost layer of the skin).
(Nonmelanoma carcinoma in situ, NCI Dictionary)
