| base units | The fundamental unit's of length, mass, time, electric current, thermodynamic temperature, amount of substance, and luminous intensity in the International System of Units (SI); the names and symbols of the unit's for these quantities are meter (m), kilogram (kg), second (s), ampere (A), kelvin (K), mole (mol), and candela (cd). See: International System of Units. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| base view | A radiographic projection showing the base of the skull, positions of the mandibular condyles, and zygomatic arches. Synonym: base view, submental vertex radiograph. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Bronsted base | Any molecule or ion that combines with a proton; e.g., OH-, CN-, NH3; this definition replaces the older and more limited concepts of base. (05 Mar 2000) |
| vegetable base | <chemistry, pharmacology> One of a large group of nitrogenous substances found in naturally in plants. They are usually very bitter and although the plant may be poisonous, many have extracts that are pharmacologically active. Examples are atropine, caffeine, coniine, morphine, nicotine, quinine, strychnine. The term is also applied to synthetic substances which have structures similar to plant alkaloids, such as procaine. (29 Sep 1997) |
| general acid-base catalysis | A catalytic reaction that involves the tranfer of a proton to or from anon-water molecule. (09 Oct 1997) |
| record base | <cell biology> A hypothetical cell adhesion molecule possibly involved in sponge cell adhesion, existence unproven. (18 Nov 1997) |
| mass at base of tongue | <radiology> Lingual thyroid, thyroglossal duct cyst, haemangioma, other neoplasm (12 Dec 1998) |
| cavity preparation base | <dentistry> A layer of dental cement, sometimes medicated, that is placed in the deep portion of a cavity preparation to protect the pulp, reduce the bulk of a metallic restoration, or eliminate undercuts. Synonym: cavity preparation base. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Reid's base line | <anatomy, radiology> A line drawn from the inferior margin of the orbit to the auricular point at the superior border of the orifice of the external auditory meatus and extending backward to the centre of the occipital bone. It is used as the zero plane in computed tomography. (05 Mar 2000) |
| cement base | <dentistry> A layer of dental cement, sometimes medicated, that is placed in the deep portion of a cavity preparation to protect the pulp, reduce the bulk of a metallic restoration, or eliminate undercuts. Synonym: cavity preparation base. (05 Mar 2000) |
| penton base | <chemical> Human adenovirus capsid component Synonym: adenovirus penton base protein, penton, penton base protein, type II avian adenovirus, penton, adenovirus, avian (26 Jun 1999) |
| metal base | A metallic portion of a denture base forming a part of the wall of the basal surface of the denture; it serves as a base for the attachment of the plastic (resin) part of the denture and the teeth. (05 Mar 2000) |
| peroxy-Y-base | <chemical> Tricyclic imidazo derivative of guanine Chemical name: 1h-imidazo(1,2-a)purine-7-butanoic acid, 4,9-dihydro-beta-hydroperoxy-alpha-((methoxycarbonyl)amino)-4,6-dimethyl-9-oxo-, methyl ester (26 Jun 1999) |
| methamphetamine base | A form of methamphetamine that can be readily volatilised. (05 Mar 2000) |
| complementary base pairing | <molecular biology> The pairing of complementary nucleotide bases (adenine and thymine, guanine and cytosine) to each other via hydrogen bonds from opposite strands of a double stranded nucleic acid (such as DNA or RNA), thereby holding the double-stranded nucleic acid together. (09 Oct 1997) |