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basilar, a.|ˈbæsɪlə(r)| Also 6 basylare. [ad. mod.L. basilāris, irreg. f. basis: see base n.1] a. Of, pertaining to, or situated at the base, esp. at that of the skull. basilar membrane, spec. the membrane in the cochlea that bears the organ of Corti.
1541R. Copland Guydon's Quest. Cyrurg., The .vij. bone is the bone basylare..that closeth and susteyneth all the sayd bones ouer the rofe. 1782A. Monro Anat. Bones & Nerves 77 Made concave for the reception..of the basilar artery. 1840G. Ellis Anat. 17 The basilar artery..lies on the basilar process of the occipital bone. 1867Quain Elem. Anat. (ed. 7) II. ii. 760 Cochlea..At its inner angle is a structure named limbus laminæ spiralis, and in its interior, resting on the basilar membrane, is the organ of Corti. 1934Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Oct. 137 The analysis of sound stimuli at the basilar membrane cannot possibly provide a basis for the psychological experience [of hearing]. b. Of or belonging to a low moral nature or condition.
1884H. W. Beecher in Chr. World Pulpit XXV. 235/2 Rousing men and lifting them out of the basilar into this higher spiritual condition. 1899Westm. Gaz. 9 June 2/1 He makes evident the disgust of his own higher nature for the past excesses of his basilar passions. |