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basilar
/ ˈbæsɪlə /
adjective
- anatomy of or situated at a base Alsobasilaryˈbæsɪlərɪ-sɪlrɪ
basilar artery
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- pre·basi·lar adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Origin of basilar1
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Example Sentences
There is no overlap in length of body, basilar length, zygomatic breadth, mastoidal breadth or length of nasals.
The presphenoid might also be considered as a vertebral body, but it develops independently of the basilar plate and trabeculæ.
The processes of this basilar plate, the trabeculæ, are quite unlike anything in the vertebral column.
It turns round this to gain the fissure between the basilar and retrossal processes, and becomes lodged in the preplantar fissure.
Together with the digital artery it descends to near the basilar process of the os pedis.
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