| basis stapedis | The flat portion of the stapes that fits in the oval window. Synonym: basis stapedis, footplate, foot-plate. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| basiscopic | Pointing towards the base (applied to the first lateral vein of a leaflet on the side nearer the leaf base). (09 Oct 1997) |
| basisolute | <botany> Prolonged at the base, as certain leaves. Origin: Basi- + solute, a. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| basisphenoid | <anatomy> The basisphenoid bone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| basisphenoid bone | In comparative anatomy, the bone in the floor of the braincase in the region of the pituitary. See: body of sphenoid bone. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basisphenoidal | <anatomy> Of or pertaining to that part of the base of the cranium between the basioccipital and the presphenoid, which usually ossifies separately in the embryo or in the young, and becomes a part of the sphenoid in the adult. Origin: Basi- + spheroid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| basitemporal | Relating to the lower part of the temporal region. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basivertebral | Relating to the body of a vertebra. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basivertebral vein | <anatomy, vein> One of a number of veins in the spongy substance of the bodies of the vertebrae, emptying into the anterior internal vertebral venous plexus. Synonym: vena basivertebralis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basket | 1. A vessel made of osiers or other twigs, cane, rushes, splints, or other flexible material, interwoven. "Rude baskets . . . Woven of the flexile willow." 2. The contents of a basket; as much as a basket contains; as, a basket of peaches. 3. The bell or vase of the Corinthian capital. 4. The two back seats facing one another on the outside of a stagecoach. Basket fish, a lepidopterous insect of the genus Thyridopteryx and allied genera, especially. T. Ephemeraeformis. The larva makes and carries about a bag or basket-like case of silk and twigs, which it afterwards hangs up to shelter the pupa and wingless adult females. Origin: Of unknown origin. The modern Celtic words seem to be from the English. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| basket cell | Cerebellar neurons with many small dendritic branches that enclose the cell bodies of adjacent Purkinje cells in a basket like array. (18 Nov 1997) |
| basketball | A competitive team sport played on a rectangular court having a raised basket at each end. (12 Dec 1998) |
| basking shark | <zoology> One of the largest species of sharks (Cetorhinus maximus), so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver shark, or bone shark. It inhabits the northern seas of Europe and America, and grows to a length of more than forty feet. It is a harmless species. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| Basle Nomina Anatomica | The name adopted in 1895 in Basel, Switzerland (French spelling, Basle) by members of the German Anatomical Society which met to compile a Latin nomenclature of anatomical terms. Revisions of the resulting nomenclature were published at intervals until, in 1955 in Paris, France, the international membership of the Congress of Anatomists adopted a modification of the Basle Nomina Anatomica terminology. That modification dropped the reference to the original meeting place. See: Nomina Anatomica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| basocyte | Synonym: basophilic leukocyte. Origin: G. Basis, base, + kytos, cell (05 Mar 2000) |