English Explanatory Dictionary

basal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin.
  2. Associated with the base of an organism or structure.
  3. Of a minimal level that is necessary for maintaining the health or life of an organism.
  4. In a phylogenetic tree, being a group, or member of a group, which diverged earlier. The earliest clade to branch in a larger clade.
noun
  1. base, bottom, minimum
  2. Any basal structure or part

Pronunciation

[ˈbeɪsəɫ] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-basal.wav [ˈbeɪzəɫ]

Word forms

basal more basal most basal basals

Etymology

From base + -al.

Synonyms

basilar

Derived words

adbasal anterobasal apicobasal basal amniote basal body basal bristle basal cell basal cell carcinoma basal dicot basal ganglion basality basal lamina basal layer basally basal medium basal metabolic rate basal metabolism basalmost basaloid basal reader basal tomentum basal tubercle basal wall bibasal condylobasal corticobasal dibasal dorsobasal hypobasal inferobasal laterobasal mediobasal mesiobasal mesobasal midbasal nasobasal neurobasal nevoid basal-cell carcinoma syndrome nevoid basal cell carcinoma syndrome nonbasal palatobasal parabasal peribasal polybasal posterobasal prebasal probasal proximobasal subbasal suprabasal temporobasal transbasal tribasal unibasal ventrobasal
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