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basal

adj
/ˈbeɪsəɫ/UK/ˈbeɪzəɫ/US

Etymology

From base + -al.

  1. derived from βάσις
  2. derived from basis
  3. derived from base
  4. inherited from base
  5. formed as basal — “base + -al”

Definitions

  1. Basic, elementary

    Basic, elementary; relating to, or forming, the base, or point of origin.

    • This is the basal idea.
    • The organism needs more energy on basal maintenance.
    • A basal reader is a kind of book that is used to teach reading.

  2. Associated with the base of an organism or structure.

    • In the spring, basal leaves emerge from a stout taproot.

  3. Of a minimal level that is necessary for maintaining the health or life of an organism.

    • a basal diet
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. In a phylogenetic tree, being a group, or member of a group, which diverged earlier. The…

      In a phylogenetic tree, being a group, or member of a group, which diverged earlier. The earliest clade to branch in a larger clade.

      • Hittite is a basal Indo-European language.
      • A magnolia is a basal angiosperm.

    2. base, bottom, minimum

    3. Any basal structure or part

The neighborhood

Derived

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 · +15 more

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for basal. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA