basal : Idioms & Phrases


basal body temperature

  • noun body temperature in the morning before rising or moving about or eating anything
    basal body temperature.
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basal body temperature method

  • noun natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation
    basal body temperature method.
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basal body temperature method of family planning

  • noun natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation
    basal body temperature method.
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Basal cleavage

  • . See under Cleavage.
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basal ganglion

  • noun any of several masses of subcortical grey matter at the base of each cerebral hemisphere that seem to be involved in the regulation of voluntary movement
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basal metabolic rate

  • noun the rate at which heat is produced by an individual in a resting state
    BMR.
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basal metabolism

  • noun the amount of energy required to maintain the body of an individual in a resting state
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basal placentation

  • noun where one or few ovules develop at the base of a simple or compound ovary
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Basal plane

  • (Crystallog.), one parallel to the lateral or horizontal axis.
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basal temperature

  • noun body temperature in the morning before rising or moving about or eating anything
    basal body temperature.
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basal vein

  • noun a large vein passing along the medial surface of the temporal lobe and emptying into the great cerebral vein
    vena basalis.
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basal-nerved

Ba"sal-nerved` adjective
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  1. (Bot.) Having the nerves radiating from the base; -- said of leaves.
Webster 1913