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BASEMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage
Synonyms:
basement; cellar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("basement" is a kind of...):
floor; level; storey; story (a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "basement"):
cellarage (a storage area in a cellar)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("basement" is a kind of...):
support (supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation)
Context examples:
It is composed of epithelium, basement membrane, lamina propria mucosae, and lamina muscularis mucosae.
(Ectocervical Mucosa, NCI Thesaurus)
A cellular process where an epithelial cell loses polarity, disassembles adhesive junctions, degrades its basement membrane and transforms into a migratory mesenchymal cell.
(Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition, NCI Thesaurus)
A finding indicating the presence of protrusions or extensions in the basement membrane of the glomeruli.
(Glomerular Basement Membrane Spikes Present, NCI Thesaurus)
It is found within the extracellular space and in association with the basement membrane of the cell surface.
(Extracellular Matrix, NCI Thesaurus)
It is comprised of the epithelium, basement membrane, lamina propria mucosae, and lamina muscularis mucosae.
(Mucosa of the Lip, NCI Thesaurus)
During restitution, epithelial cells spread and migrate across the basement membrane to re-establish surface-cell continuity, a process that is independent of cell proliferation.
(Mucosal Healing Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)
This protein plays a role in both basement membrane structure and cell adhesion.
(Nidogen-2, NCI Thesaurus)
The 20 kDa C-terminal domain of the vascular basement protein, Nidogen-1.
(Nidogen-1 C-Terminal Domain, NCI Thesaurus)
It is formed by flattened cells that have a basement membrane on each side.
(Perineurium, NCI Thesaurus)
PAS is useful for outlining tissue structures—basement membranes, capsules, blood vessels, etc.
(Periodic Acid Schiff Staining Method, NCI Thesaurus)
