basal

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Alexa says she was diagnosed with a basal cell carcinoma, which usually starts as a lump or discoloured patch on the skin that doesn't go away.

From BBC

But Welwitschia’s original growing tip dies, and leaves instead pour out of a vulnerable area of the plant’s anatomy called the basal meristem, which supplies fresh cells to the growing plant, Dr. Wan said.

From New York Times

In reality, the basal metabolic rate depends on many other factors than just weight, height and age.

From Scientific American

Emerging from an evergreen basal rosette, in early summer, rusty foxglove sends up dark maroon stems that grow 3 to 4 feet tall, clothed with glossy narrow foliage.

From Seattle Times

Bionaut is also collaborating with outside researchers who are trying to develop a pharmacological treatment for Huntington’s disease, which affects a set of neurons buried deep in the brain called the basal ganglia.

From Los Angeles Times