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basilar

adj
/ˈbas.ɪl.ə/UK/ˈbæz.əl.ɚ/US

Etymology

Borrowing from New Latin basilāris, irregularly from basis (“a pedestal, foot, base”) + -āris (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix); or from French basilaire, from base (“base, basis”) + -aire (“-ar, -ary”, adjectival suffix), in the pattern of cimbalaire (“cymbal-shaped”).

  1. borrowed from basilaire
  2. borrowed from basilāris

Definitions

  1. Of, pertaining to, or located at a base, but especially at the base of the skull or an…

    Of, pertaining to, or located at a base, but especially at the base of the skull or an organ of Corti.

  2. Lower, inferior, base.

    • […] that which he has in common with the lion, the cow and the horse—namely, the basilar instincts and appetites that in the animal creation constitute the whole.

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Derived

basilar artery, basilar crest, basilar groove, basilar index, basilar lamina, basilar membrane, basilar meningitis, bibasilar, cervicobasilar, parietobasilar, petrobasilar, pharyngobasilar, suprabasilar, tribasilar, ventrobasilar, vertebrobasilar, vomerobasilar

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