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basilar
| basilar artery
| basilar membrane
| basilary
| basileus
| basilic
basilar
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective basilar has 1 sense
- basilar(a = adj.pert) basilary - of or relating to or located at the base; "the basilar membrane of the cochlea" Derived form noun base4
CIDE DICTIONARY
- Relating to, or situated at, the base. [1913 Webster]
- Lower; inferior; applied to impulses or springs of action. H. W. Beecher. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
basilar, adj. of or at the base (esp. of the skull).
Etymology
mod.L basilaris (as BASIS)
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