What's the difference between basal and basil?

Basal


Definition:

  • (a.) Relating to, or forming, the base.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) One hour after direct mechanical cardiomassage (DMCM) a moderately pronounced edema of the intercellular spaces in the basal compartment of the seminiferous epithelium, normal content of lactate and succinate dehydrogenases, and a certain decrease in the activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenases and NAD- and NADP-diaphorases were noted.
  • (2) However, CT will be insensitive in the detection of the more cephalic proximal lesions, especially those in the brain stem, basal cisterns, and skull base.
  • (3) A progressively more precise approach to identifying affected individuals involves measuring body weight and height, then energy intake (or expenditure) and finally the basal metabolic rate (BMR).
  • (4) In schizophrenic patients the density of dopamine uptake sites in the basal ganglia was slightly reduced, mainly in the middle third of putamen.
  • (5) In summary, GABAergic tone did not effect basal acid secretion in anesthetized rats.
  • (6) Basal 20 alpha DHP levels remained low until a sharp rise at mid pro-oestrus.
  • (7) Male weanling Sprague Dawley rats were depleted on a low AIN-76A formulated basal diet for 21 days.
  • (8) Similarly, 50 microM D-600, a Ca+2 channel antagonist, significantly (P less than 0.01) reduced basal and 5-HETE-induced PRL release.
  • (9) In the present study, the expression of type IV collagen associated with the basal membrane (BM) was studied histochemically (indirect immunoperoxidase-antiperoxidase) in cervical human papillomavirus (HPV) lesions (diagnosed using in situ DNA hybridization) of different grades.
  • (10) Intraepidermal clefting starts at the junction between the basal and epidermal layers, and later involves all of the levels of the stratum spinosum.
  • (11) In normal seminal vesicle, the reaction product was apparently more abundant in columnar and basal cells than in other cell types.
  • (12) Ouabain caused a dose-dependent increase in basal adenylate cyclase (AC) activity from 0.1 to 100 microM.
  • (13) Increased iron levels in basal ganglia were generally associated with normal or elevated levels of ferritin immunoreactivity, for example, the substantia nigra in PSP and possibly MSA, and in putamen in MSA.
  • (14) Human GH did not alter basal cyclic AMP levels in mouse osteoblasts.
  • (15) Basal and maximally insulin-stimulated rates of 3-O-methylglucose transport in adipocytes from obese and obese NIDDM subjects were reduced to 50% of the values in cells from normal subjects (P less than 0.05).
  • (16) In high concentrations of antiserum, some of the agglutinated cells of L. h. hertigi were enlarged and showed syncytial characters that included up to five nuclei, two dividing nuclei and five basal bodies associated with a single kinetoplast.
  • (17) For that reason we determine basal serum pepsinogen I (PG I) levels in 25 ulcerous patients and 75% of their offspring and to a control group matched by age and sex.
  • (18) It is concluded that a Na-H antiport system in vascular smooth muscle regulates Na influx rate, contributes to intracellular pH regulation and influences basal levels of Na,K-pump activity.
  • (19) It may, however, be useful to compare local wall dynamics in the more isometrically-contracting basal segment with those in the middle portion which brings about most of the emptying of the ventricle.
  • (20) Increased amounts of laminin in the basal epithelium of the cornea and of collagen type III in the stroma and subepithelial components of the stroma were observed.

Basil


Definition:

  • (n.) The slope or angle to which the cutting edge of a tool, as a plane, is ground.
  • (v. t.) To grind or form the edge of to an angle.
  • (n.) The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family, but chiefly to the common or sweet basil (Ocymum basilicum), and the bush basil, or lesser basil (O. minimum), the leaves of which are used in cookery. The name is also given to several kinds of mountain mint (Pycnanthemum).
  • (n.) The skin of a sheep tanned with bark.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Nineteen Dacron velour fistula bypasses between the brachial artery and median basilic vein were performed in fifteen selected patients for a total dialysis period of ninety-six months.
  • (2) He let me in on the night of the burglary, he hid keys and codes throughout the building.” Claiming he did not know Basil’s identity, Jones, who has contacted Sky before, said he would not reveal it in any case as “it’s not a done thing where I come from”.
  • (3) "Half-way", Secalon-Seldy, soft venous catheters, 40 cm long, were inserted by basilic (n = 90) and cephalic (n = 31) veins at the fossa cubiti in 121 patients (71 men and 50 women) aged between 19 and 88 years whose heights varied from 152-197 cm.
  • (4) A case of penetrating metal fragment injury to the cubital fossa with subsequent development of a false aneurysm of the brachial artery with a fistulae to the vena comitans and median basilic vein is described.
  • (5) Detectives say when Yeates was in the Tesco Express she had bought a Tesco Finest tomato, mozzarella and basil pesto pizza.
  • (6) One of the suspects, a red-haired man known only as Basil, remains at large.
  • (7) The effect of volatile oils of lavender, monarda, and basil on the course of experimental atherosclerosis was studied in rabbit experiments.
  • (8) Since the rete mirable ofthe eel swimbladder is a pure vascular preparation, it is most useful for the study of themorphology, the permeability, and the metabolism of the endothelial cells and for the analysis of the chemical structure of their basil laminae.
  • (9) The 520,000 sq ft Knightsbridge estate is bounded by Brompton Road, Hans Crescent and Basil Street.
  • (10) Basil Abdul-Latif: 'From the age of 16, when I first went jail, I was a problem.
  • (11) In avian species' common sites for blood sampling include the basilic, jugular, and superficial plantar metatarsal veins, heart and occipital sinus.
  • (12) • Cardinal George Basil Hume, Archbishop of Westminster, born March 2, 1923; died June 17, 1999
  • (13) But the last time it happened to Britain, the annual inflation rate was above 25%, Margaret Thatcher was elected leader of the Conservatives and the country was about to be introduced to Basil Fawlty, a man who had as much success running a hotel as Osborne has had running the economy.
  • (14) You need everything.” – Bordeaux coach Willy Sagnol on the ‘typical African player’ “The intelligence I wanted to talk about was tactical intelligence.” – Sagnol clears things up “I want to buy your monkey with the square feet.” – What former Marseille president Bernard Tapie reportedly told then Auxerre coach Guy Roux before signing Basile Boli in 1990.
  • (15) St Basil's was like a clown's nose on the face of the evil empire.
  • (16) In Russia, you never call it St Basil's Cathedral, it's Vasily Blazhenny, Vassily the Mad.
  • (17) A case of unusual triple knotting of a central venous catheter inserted through the left basilic vein is reported.
  • (18) Happy 450th birthday to Russia's national symbol, St Basil's Cathedral in Red Square – and it's a good time to step back and consider what a fantastically, psychedelically bizarre symbol it is.
  • (19) The highest success rates (98 per cent) occurred when the basilic vein was used, with the patient positioned so that the upper part of the body was raised at 45-90 degrees to the horizontal and using a Bardic 16 gauge catheter with a special insertion technique, which is described.
  • (20) Is it true you still have scars from your treatment by Basil Fawlty?