| basify | <chemistry> To convert into a salifiable base. Origin: Base + -fy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| basigynium | <botany> The pedicel on which the ovary of certain flowers, as the passion flower, is seated; a carpophore or thecaphore. Origin: NL, fr. Gr. Base + woman. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| basihyal | <anatomy> Noting two small bones, forming the body of the inverted hyoid arch. Origin: Basi- + Gr. (the letter "upsilon"); from the shape. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| basihyoid | <anatomy> The central tongue bone. Origin: Basi- + hyoid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| basil | The skin of a sheep tanned with bark. Origin: Corrupt. From E. Basan, F. Basane, LL. Basanium, bazana, fr. Ar. Bithana, prop, lining. <botany> The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family, but chiefly to the common or sweet basil (Ocymum basilicum), and the bush basil, or lesser basil (O. Minimum), the leaves of which are used in cookery. The name is also given to several kinds of mountain mint (Pycnanthemum). Basil thyme, a name given to the fragrant herbs Calamintha Acinos and C. Nepeta. Wild basil, a plant (Calamintha clinopodium) of the Mint family. Origin: F. Basilic, fr. L. Badilicus royal, Gr, fr. King. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| basilar | Relating to the base of a pyramidal or broad structure. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basilar angle | An angle formed by the intersection at the basion of lines coming from the nasal spine and the nasal point. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basilar apophysis | The part of the occipital bone that lies anterior to the foramen magnum and joins with the body of the sphenoid bone. Synonym: pars basilaris ossis occipitalis, basal part of occipital bone, basilar apophysis, basilar process of occipital bone, basilar process, basiocciput. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basilar artery | <anatomy, artery> Supplies the pons and gives rise to the vertebral arteries, Provides branches to the cerebrum and cerebellum. (27 Sep 1997) |
| basilar bone | The developmental basilar process of the occipital bone which unites with the condylar portions in about the fourth or fifth year, becoming the basilar part of the occipital bone. Synonym: basioccipital bone, os basilare. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basilar cartilage | The cartilage filling the foramen lacerum. Synonym: basilar fibrocartilage, fibrocartilago basalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basilar cell | <pathology> General term for relatively undifferentiated cells in an epithelial sheet that give rise to more specialised cells act as stem cells). In the stratified squamous epithelium of mammalian skin the basal cells of the epidermis (stratum basale) give rise by an unequal division to another basal cell and to cells that progress through the spinous, granular and horny layers, becoming progressively more keratinised, the outermost being shed as squames. In olfactory mucosa the basal cells give rise to olfactory and sustentacular cells. In the epithelium of epididymis their function is unclear, but they probably serve as stem cells. (13 Nov 1997) |
| basilar crest of cochlear duct | An inward projection of the spiral ligament of the cochlea to which is attached the basilar membrane forming the floor of the cochlear duct. Synonym: crista basilaris ductus cochlearis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basilar fibrocartilage | The cartilage filling the foramen lacerum. Synonym: basilar fibrocartilage, fibrocartilago basalis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basilar impression | An invagination of the base of the skull into the posterior fossa with compression of the brainstem and cerebellar structures into the foramen magnum. Compare: platybasia. (05 Mar 2000) |