Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or located at or near the base, especially the base of the skull.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Lying or situated at the base; fundamental.
- Relating to or situated at the base, especially of the skull.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Relating to, or situated at, the base.
- adjective rare Lower; inferior; applied to impulses or springs of action.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, pertaining to, or located at a
base , but especially at the base of theskull or alung . - adjective Lower; inferior; base.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or located at the base
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The curved, expanded plate behind the foramen magnum is named the squama; the thick, somewhat quadrilateral piece in front of the foramen is called the basilar part, whilst on either side of the foramen is the lateral portion.
II. Osteology. 5a. The Cranial Bones. 1. The Occipital Bone 1918
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Pressure waves activate the basilar membrane of the inner ear as authentically as a fingertip activates the forearm.
World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011
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Pressure waves activate the basilar membrane of the inner ear as authentically as a fingertip activates the forearm.
World Wide Mind Michael chorost 2011
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Her fingers scampered over the table, practicing the deft stitching of the basilar artery.
Small Talk 2010
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The cause of death was a subdural hematoma, due to a basilar skull fracture.
HOUSE RULES JODI PICOULT 2010
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Americans need to retake their original principles (interdependent individualism and liberal democracy), where work was eminent (mainly among protestants), but where a societal sense was basilar.
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He was subsequently quoted as saying that only the clogging of his basilar artery is preventing the oxygen from making it to his brain.
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Other complications can include macrocephaly—fluid on the brain—cerebral hemorrhage caused by birth trauma, brittle teeth, and for some Type IIIs, basilar invagination—the second vertebra moves upward and cuts off the opening in the skull where the spinal cord passes through to the brain, causing dizziness, headache, periods of confusion, numbness, or even death.
Handle with Care JODI PICOULT 2009
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GUPTA: Doctors say Britt suffered from a vertebral basilar stroke, caused by excessive neck manipulation to the spinal column.
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É o pensamento basilar por detrás de mais uma paranóica corrida às armas, desta vez às ciber-armas.
Leituras Artur 2007
jmjarmstrong commented on the word basilar
JM is up in the air about basilar matters.
September 12, 2010
MaryW commented on the word basilar
Daniel J. Levitin, This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession (New York: Penguin Random House, 2007), p. 28June 19, 2017