basal
IPA: bˈeɪsʌɫ
noun
- base, bottom, minimum
- (anatomy) Any basal structure or part
adjective
- Basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin.
- (anatomy) Associated with the base of an organism or structure.
- (medicine) Of a minimal level that is necessary for maintaining the health or life of an organism.
- (chiefly systematics) In a phylogenetic tree, being a group, or member of a group, which diverged earlier. The earliest clade to branch in a larger clade.
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Examples of "basal" in Sentences
- The disease was found in the basal cells.
- The leaves grow in a dense basal clump at the ground.
- It belongs among the basal lineages of the angiosperms.
- The frass is concentrated in the basal part of the blotch.
- They are infundibular in the basal third and globose above.
- The striatum is the main element of the basal ganglia system.
- This is what is referred to as your basal metabolic rate BMR.
- They control the dopaminergic modulation of the basal ganglia.
- Among the first and most basal of the eucynodonts was Cynognathus.
- Acetylcholine is known to promote wakefulness in the basal forebrain.
- He studied the deep gray nuclei of the cerebrum and the basal ganglia.
- Does the term basal tear excite your sympathy, or reflex tear ignite a shower of certain understanding?
- The disease-induced destruction of these cells, which are called "basal forebrain cholinergic" BFC neurons, is key to the progression of Alzheimer's.
- This method of ovulation prediction is called the basal body temperature guide or BBT Using the BBT involves taking your temperature every day for at least two months.
- In time, a slow and steady rise in basal cell calcium levels leads to activation of calcineurin, which in turn leads to nuclear importation of the transcription factor NFAT (Nuclear Factor of T-cells).
- Furthermore, while the cochleal canal is shorter, and the promontorium is smaller, in basal mammaliaforms than is the case in mammals (Luo et al. 1995), Morganucodon in more mammal-like in these features than are more basal mammaliaforms (like Sinoconodon).
- During the 1970s and 80s emphasis in basal whale research began to shift from Africa to Asia, at first because Sahni & Mishra (1972) described primitive whale remains discovered in India, and later as West (1980) figured and identified lower jaw specimens from Pakistan.