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Definition of Basilar
1. Adjective. Of or relating to or located at the base. "The basilar membrane of the cochlea"
Definition of Basilar
1. a. Relating to, or situated at, the base.
Definition of Basilar
1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or located at a base, but especially at the base of the skull or a lung. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Basilar
1. basal [adj] - See also: basal
Medical Definition of Basilar
1. Relating to the base of a pyramidal or broad structure. (05 Mar 2000)
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Literary usage of Basilar
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1. Anatomy: Descriptive and Surgical by Henry Gray (1897)
"The basilar Artery, so named from its position at the base of the skull, ...
The superior cerebellar arteries arise near the termination of the basilar. ..."
2. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science : Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1868)
"This name has been given to several parts, which seem to serve as bases to others.
The sacrum and sphenoid have been so called. basilar AR'TERY ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"THE results obtained about a year ago in the treatment of two babies suffering
from posterior basilar meningitis who were admitted to the Willard Parker ..."
4. Anatomy, Descriptive and Applied by Henry Gray (1913)
"The basilar portion is ossified from two centres, one in front of the other;
these appear about the sixth week of fetal life and rapidly coalesce. ..."
5. A German-English dictionary of terms used in medicine and the allied sciences by Hugo Lang, Bertram Abrahams (1905)
"... basilar artery Basal-fraktur, /. fracture of the base (of the skull) Basal-membran
... basal turn of cochlea Basal-winkel, m. basilar angle Basal-zelle, ..."
6. Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal (1839)
"Of a peculiarity of structure occasionally occurring in the basilar Artery of Man.
... The basilar artery, in the manner in which it is formed, ..."
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