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Definitions: Basal |
BasalAdjective1. (botany) especially of leaves; located at the base of a plant or stem; especially arising directly from the root or rootstock or a root-like stem; "basal placentation"; "radical leaves". 2. Serving as or forming a base; "the painter applied a base coat followed by two finishing coats". 3. Of primary importance; "basic truths". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "basal" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1686. (references) |
Synonyms: BasalSynonyms: base (adj), basic (adj), primary (adj), radical (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: cauline (adj). (additional references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Shar assal basal (1960) | |
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PET scans at the level of the basal ganglia of a normal control (1) case 1 at the start (2) and after treatment with AZT (3). In (1) there is a homogeneous pattern of glucose metabolism in the frontal, temporal and occipital cortex and in the subcortical grey matter. At the onset of treatment with AZT (2) there is a heterogeneous pattern of glucose metabolism with a relative reduction in the posterior temporal and occipital regions and the thalamus. Thirteen weeks after treatment with AZT, the abnormal pattern has partly resolved (3). All images are scaled from zero to 100% of the maximum activity within the slice (scale shown on right of figure).Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. | If a basal tuft is not present, the genus is Culex. In this genus, one will note the presence of a row of tufts or scattered hairs occurring along each side of the siphon.Credit: CDC. | ||
Note the ocular seta in front of the eye, a V-shaped ridge on the mesopleuron, and a spermatheca which has a round unpigmented basal portion.Credit: CDC. | This patient presented with tertiary syphilitic gummas of the nose mimicking basal cell carcinoma. The gummatous tumors are benign and if properly treated, will heal and the patient will recover in most cases.Credit: CDC. | ||
![]() | U.S. Army. Fitzsimons General Hospital, Denver, CO. : Interior view- Basal Metabolism Room.Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | U.S. Army. Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C. : Interior view- Laboratory Basal Metabolism.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | Middlesex Hospital, London, England. : Basal metabolism rate test.Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Physiology : Early Basal Metabolic Rate measuring device.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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Health | See basal ganglia, caudate nuclei. (references) | |
HD affects the basal ganglia and cortex. (references) | ||
One remains in the basal layer and retains the capacity to divide. (references) | ||
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| "Basal" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 88.71% of the time. "Basal" is used about 186 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 88.71% | 165 | 24,305 |
| Noun (proper) | 6.99% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 4.3% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Total | 100.00% | 186 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "basal": basal area ♦ basal body temperature ♦ basal body temperature method ♦ basal body temperature method of family planning ♦ basal cell ♦ basal cell carcinoma ♦ Basal Cell Nevus Syndrome ♦ basal cells ♦ Basal cleavage ♦ basal complex ♦ basal crack ♦ Basal Ganglia ♦ Basal Ganglia Cerebrovascular Disease ♦ Basal Ganglia Diseases ♦ Basal Ganglia Hemorrhage ♦ basal ganglion ♦ basal metabolic rate ♦ basal metabolism ♦ basal node ♦ Basal Nucleus of Meynert ♦ basal placentation ♦ Basal plane ♦ basal plate ♦ basal seat ♦ basal side ♦ basal vein ♦ posterior basal membrane. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "basal": basal-cell, Basal-nerved, basal-substracted, basal-subtracted. | |
Ending with "basal": output-basal. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
basal cell carcinoma | 428 |
basal body temperature | 232 |
basal metabolic rate | 136 |
basal cell | 109 |
basal temperature | 98 |
basal body temperature chart | 97 |
basal cell cancer | 90 |
basal ganglia | 62 |
basal thermometer | 62 |
basal cell skin cancer | 54 |
basal temperature chart | 44 |
basal body temp | 38 |
basal metabolism | 30 |
basal | 24 |
basal reader | 23 |
basal calculator metabolic rate | 20 |
basal body thermometer | 20 |
basal carcinoma cell picture | 20 |
basal cell carcinoma treatment | 15 |
basal skin cancer | 14 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "basal"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | bazor (constitutive), themelor (basic, Cardinal, constitutive, essential, fundamental, main, primal, primary, prime, principal, radical, seminal, ultimate, underlying), kryesor (arch, arterial, capital, Cardinal, central, chief, focal, foremost, fundamental, general, governing, grand, great, key, keynote, leading, main, major, pivotal, predominant, premier, primal, primary, prime, principal, topmost, trunk). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ناشئ من قاعدة الساق, قاعدي (basic, basilar), أساسي (absolute, alkaline, base, capital, cardinal, close, constitutional, formal, fundamental, imperative, indispensable, innate, inward, leading, main, major, material, momentous, nub, organic, overriding, paramount, piece de resistance, primal, primary, principal, radical, right, staple, substantial, ultimate, underling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | фундаментален, основен (abecedarian, alkali, alkaline, basic, bottom, capital, essential, fundamental, general, grade, gut, key, key note, main, organic, pivotal, polar, primal, prime, primitive, primordial, principal, radical, rudimental, rudimentary, substantial, thorough, thoroughgoing, tonic, ultimate, underlying), базов. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 基础 (foundation, rudiment, rudiments). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | základní (basic, Cardinal, elementary, essential, fundamental, funded, overriding, primary, primitive, principal, radical, rudimentary, standard, staple, ultimate, underlying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | basal-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | basaal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مربوطبه ته یابنیان , اساسی (Basic, Cardinal, Earthshaking, Fundametal, Ground, Material, Meaty, Net, Pivotal, Primordial, Substantial, Vital). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | basosellulaarinen nevomatoosi (basal cell naevus syndrome, basal cell nevus syndrome, Gorlin syndrome, Gorlin-Goltz syndrome), tyvisolusyöpä (basal cell carcinoma, basal cell epithelioma, basal cell skin cancer, carcinoma basocellulare, Clarke ulcer, Krompecher's carcinoma, Krompecher's tumor, rodent ulcer), tyvikappaleiden yhteenliittymä (basal plate), tyvestä ruskettunut jalka (basal browning stipes, toppling over), ruiskutus varren alaosaan (basal spray), pohjapinta-ala (basal area), peruskallio (basal complex, basement, basement complex, basement rock, bedrock, bed-rock, fundamental complex, ground-rock, ledge, main bottom, primary rock, primitive rock), perusaineenvaihdunta (basal metabolic rate, basal metabolism, basic metabolic rate, resting metabolic rate), lepoaineenvaihdunta (basal metabolic rate, basal metabolism, resting metabolic rate), etuaivojen pohjaosa (basal forebrain), etuaivojen basaaliosa (basal forebrain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | basal, fondamental (basic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | grundlegend (basic, basically, elementary, fundamental, material, materially, radical, standard, ultimate, underlying, vital). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | βασικόσ (basic, fundamental, primary, rudimentary, staple, underlying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | alapvetõ (abecedarian, basic, bedrock, elementary, essential, fundamental, ground, primal, quintessential, radical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | sebagai dasar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | basale. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 基礎"温 (basal body temperature), 基礎代謝 (basal metabolism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | きそたいお" (basal body temperature), きそたいしゃ (basal metabolism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 기초 (basics, Basis, foundation, rudiment, rudiments). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | bun-vrat (basal cover, priming). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | asalbay basal (basic, subjacent). (various references) основной (basic, best, elemental, essential, fundamental, key, main, most basic, overriding, primal, primary, prime, primitive, principal, radical, underlying). (various references) bazalni, osnovni (base, basic, elementary, fundamental, institutional, key, no-frills, primal, primary, prime, primordial, underlying). (various references) basal, fundamental (basic, bottom, essential, fundamental, keynote, material, primal, root, ultimate, underlying). (various references) basement (basal complex, basement, basement complex, basement rock, fundamental complex), basaliom (basal cell carcinoma, basal cell epithelioma, basal cell skin cancer, carcinoma basocellulare), basalcellscancer (basal cell carcinoma, basal cell epithelioma, basal cell skin cancer, carcinoma basocellulare), basala framhjärnan (basal forebrain), underlag (basal complex, base, basement, basement complex, basement rock, basis, bed, bedding, bolster, foundation, fundamental complex, ground, Mount, substrate, substratum, support, underlay), rödfot (basal browning stipes, toppling over), grundyta (basal area), genomskärningsyta (basal area). (various references) พื้นฐาน (base, basic, simple). (various references) bazal (basic), baz alınan, temel (abecederian, back drop, backbone, base, basic, basis, bed, bottom, bread and butter, constitutive, corner stone, elemental, elementary, footing, fortification, foundation, fundament, fundamental, grass roots, ground, ground form, groundwork, guiding, hard pan, keystone, parent, pedestal, primary, principal, root, rudimental, rudimentary, socle, staple, substratum, substructure, underlying, working), esas ile ilgili, esas (authentic, base, basic, basis, beginnings, broad, central, constitutive, corner stone, element, elemental, essence, extract, footing, fortification, foundation, fundamental, guiding, heartbeat, intrinsic, main, master, nub, parent, pith, pith and marrow, pivotal, postulate, principal, principle, quiddity, radical, staple, substance, sum, the merits, the nub, ultimate, underlying). (various references) головний (arch-, basic, broad, capital, captain, cephalic, chief, governing, grand, head, leading, master, overriding, premier, primal, primary, prime, principal, staple, star), основний (base, basic, basilar, capital, central, chief, first, foremost, fundamental, key, main, master, organic, primary, primitive, principal, quintessence, radical, staple, substantial, ultimate, underlying), базальний. (various references) cơ sở (base, corner-stone, foundation, fundament, fundamental, groundwork, underlying), cơ bản (basic, basically, capital, elementary, fundamental). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "basal": basally, basalt, basaltes, basaltic, basalts. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "basal": prebasal. (additional references) | |
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"Basal" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Abascal, abgal, abhal, abhall, Abswap, asal, Baaaaaa, baael, baals, Baasam, babal, Babalu, Bacale, bacau, bafal, bagal, Bahal, baia, Bakal, Baksay, Balal, bamsa, Bansal, baral, Baraul, basa, basag, basam, Basan, basas, Basaula, basball, Basca, Bashala, basia, basial, Basila, basili, Basohli, Bassa, Bassai, Bassaleg, bassel, Basualdo, batal, Batala, batol, baual, bavai, Bawa, bazan, bazel, Bazell, Bazil, bdafsa, besal, bessal, Bestall, bezal, bhsai, bisell, Biswaf, Biswal, Bizjak, Blasdale, bosax, Boskap, Bossall, bpsa, Bsaa, bsl, bursal, Casal, dbaselv, fasal, Faysal, oasal, pasal. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "basal" (pronounced bā"sul) |
| 3 | -s u l | antimissile, apostle, Axel, axle, brasil, bristle, bustle, cancel, capsule, Castle, colossal, consul, council, counsel, diesel, dismissal, dispersal, docile, dorsal, epistle, facile, fissile, fossil, gracile, gristle, Hansel, Hassel, hassle, housel, hustle, imbecile, jostle, microfossil, missal, missel, missile, morsel, mucosal, muscle, mussel, Nestle, parcel, Passel, pencil, pixel, Proconsul, rehearsal, reversal, rustle, stencil, tassel, Tattersall, tensile, Tercel, Thistle, tinsel, tonsil, Tressel, trestle, tussle, universal, unsell, utensil, vassal, vessel, whistle, wrestle. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: albas, baals, balas, balsa. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-l-s" | |
-1 letter: aals, abas, alas, alba, albs, baal, baas, bals, labs, slab. | |
-2 letters: aal, aas, aba, abs, ala, alb, als, baa, bal, bas, lab, las, sab, sal. | |
-3 letters: aa, ab, al, as, ba, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-l-s" | |
+1 letter: balsam, balsas, basalt, cabals, tablas. | |
+2 letters: abelias, ablates, ablauts, abulias, abysmal, abyssal, albatas, arables, atabals, baalism, balases, balatas, balboas, ballads, ballast, balsams, basally, basalts, basilar, basinal, bharals, cabalas, kabalas, labials, lambast, lambdas, lavabos, salable, salably, savable, sayable, subalar. | |
+3 letters: abalones, abasedly, abettals, abigails, abomasal, aboulias, abusable, abuttals, albizias, algebras, allobars, amusable, anableps, arbalest, arbalist, baalisms, bacalaos, backlash, backslap, badlands, bailsman, baklavas, baklawas, balances, balisaur, ballades, ballasts, ballista, balsamed, balsamic, barillas, basaltes, basaltic, baseball, basidial, basilary, basilica, berascal, blastema, blastoma, blastula, bradawls, cabalism, cabalist, cabbalas, calabash, cascabel, cascable, cashable, castable, causable, eatables, erasable, falbalas, fastball, fleabags, galabias, jellabas, kabbalas, kalimbas, kielbasa, labarums, labiates, labrusca, lambaste, lambasts, lapsable, lavaboes, leasable, mailbags, maskable, palabras, parables, parsable, passable, passably, payables, prebasal, raisable, sailable, sailboat, saleable, saleably, salvable, salvably, satiable, satiably, saveable, scabland, scalable, scalably, sealable, shakable, shamable, shapable, sharable, shavable, slakable, sparable, statable, subaxial, subnasal, swayable, tableaus, tambalas, tastable, taxables, washable, wastable. | |
+4 letters: ablations, ablatives, ablegates, abnormals, abysmally, advisable, advisably, alabaster, albacores, albatross, albizzias, algarobas, alphabets, ambrosial, ambulates, anabolism, arbalests, arbalists, assumable, assumably, astrolabe, backhauls, backlands, backslaps, backslash, backtalks, balancers, baldheads, baldpates, balisaurs, balladist, ballasted, ballgames, ballhawks, ballistae, ballparks, ballyrags, balmorals, balsaming, banalizes, bangtails, baptismal, barbitals, barnacles, baseballs, basically, basilicae, basilican, basilicas, basipetal, bastardly, battalias, beanballs, beanstalk, berascals, betrayals, bicoastal, bilabials, blackcaps, blastemal, blastemas, blastomas, blastulae, blastulas, boatloads, brachials, braciolas, brantails, cabalisms, cabalists, cabbalahs, cableways, cabrillas, calaboose, callbacks, cannibals, capablest, carbamyls, carbaryls, cascabels, cascables, clambakes, claybanks, djellabas, fahlbands, fallbacks, faltboats, fastballs, flambeaus, flashback, flatboats, fleabanes, galabiehs, galabiyas, galbanums, graspable, habdalahs, hairballs, halfbacks, halfbeaks, handballs, hardballs, isallobar, kabbalahs, kielbasas, labdanums, labradors, lambasted, lambastes, landgrabs, lapboards, larboards, layabouts, leaseback, meatballs, palpebras, parabolas, playbacks, resalable, sabadilla, saddlebag, sailboard, sailboats, sandblast, saturable, scablands, scannable, separable, shakeable, shapeable, shareable, sleazebag, spallable, sparables, spareable, speakable, stableman, stackable, stageable, stainable, stateable, stealable, subaerial, subapical, subvassal, syllabary, tabulates, tailbacks, trapballs, unsalable, unsayable, valuables, variables, wallabies, washables, wearables. | |
+5 letters: abrasively, absorbable, abstractly, adjustable, adsorbable, adverbials, alabasters, algarrobas, algebraist, ambisexual, amblyopias, ambulances, ameloblast, anablepses, anabolisms, answerable, appeasable, ascendable, ascribable, assailable, assemblage, assessable, assignable, astrolabes, bacchanals, backlashed, backlasher, backlashes, backpedals, backsplash, bafflegabs, bagatelles, balaclavas, balalaikas, baldachins, balderdash, balkanizes, balladeers, balladists, balladries, ballasting, ballerinas, balmacaans, balustrade, banalities, barcaroles, barrelages, basketball, basophilia, battailous, battalions, beanstalks, berascaled, bilharzias, blackballs, blackfaces, blackheads, blackjacks, blacklands, blackleads, blackmails, blacksnake, blacktails, blastemata, blastomata, blatancies, boardwalks, botanicals, breakables, broadscale, broadtails, cabalettas, cabalistic, caballeros, cablegrams, calabashes, calabooses, calibrates, camelbacks, carambolas, carbachols, carbazoles, catabolism, clapboards, cobalamins, djellabahs, elaborates, encashable, fastballer, flammables, flashbacks, flashboard, garibaldis, greaseball, handlebars, hypabyssal, imbalances, impassable, impassably, insatiable, insatiably, isallobars, isolatable, jailbreaks, jambalayas, labializes, lambasting, lamebrains, lampblacks, leasebacks, librarians, measurable, measurably, metastable, metastably, misbalance, mistakable, myrobalans, nonsalable, reasonable, reasonably, rebalances, releasable, resealable, sabadillas, sabbatical, saddlebags, sailboards, sailboater, salability, sandblasts, searchable, seasonable, seasonably, sleazebags, sleazeball, spreadable, stablemate, statoblast, statutable, subclavian, subglacial, submaximal, subvassals, tablatures, tablelands, tablemates, tablewares, tabulators, tailboards, trabeculas, trackballs, twayblades, ultrabasic, unbalances, unpassable, unscalable, unshakable, unshakably, unslakable, walkabouts, wallboards, watchables, whalebacks, whaleboats. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 61 73 61 6C |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .- ... .- .-.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01100001 01110011 01100001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B a s a l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0061 0073 0061 006C |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3667856778 |
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