Basal or basilar is a term meaning ''base'', ''bottom'', or ''minimum''.

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Basal (anatomy) Standard anatomical terms of location are used to describe unambiguously the anatomy of humans and other animals. The terms, typically derived from Latin or Greek roots, describe something in its standard anatomical position. This position prov ...

, an anatomical term of location for features associated with the base of an organism or structure *

Basal (medicine) This glossary of medical terms is a list of definitions about medicine, its sub-disciplines, and related fields. A * Aarskog–Scott syndrome – (AAS) A rare, inherited (X-linked) disease characterized by short stature, facial abnormalities, ...

, a minimal level that is necessary for health or life, such as a minimum insulin dose *

Basal (phylogenetics) In phylogenetics, basal is the direction of the ''base'' (or root) of a phylogenetic tree#Rooted tree, rooted phylogenetic tree or cladogram. The term may be more strictly applied only to nodes adjacent to the root, or more loosely applied to nodes ...

, a relative position in a phylogenetic tree closer to the root

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* Basal, Hungary, a village in Hungary * Basal, Pakistan, a village in the Attock District

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Basal plate (disambiguation) Basal plate may refer to: * Basal plate (neural tube), the region of the neural tube ventral to the sulcus limitans * Basal plate (placenta), between this plate and the uterine muscular fibres are the stratum spongiosum and the boundary layer * Th ...

* Basal sliding, the act of a glacier sliding over the bed before it due to meltwater increasing the water pressure underneath the glacier causing it to be lifted from its bed * Basal conglomerate, see

conglomerate (geology) Conglomerate () is a sedimentary rock made up of rounded gravel-sized pieces of rock surrounded by finer-grained sediments (such as sand, silt, or clay). The larger fragments within conglomerate are called clasts, while the finer sediment surro ...

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