basal cell

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noun Cell Biology.

any cell situated at the base of a multilayered tissue, as at the lowest layer of the epidermis.

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Origin of basal cell

First recorded in 1925–30

Joel Osteen wants to talk about muting your cell phone at the dinner table.
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At that point, the Library of Congress can once again decide to prohibit consumers from unlocking their cell phones.
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Earlier this year, security at major airports was tightened because of a tip that al-Asiri had been working on a cell phone bomb.
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At least one of those ubiquitous cell phone cameras began filming.
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In fact, four of 20 cells at Cobalt were found to have bars across the cell to allow this.
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It makes out of the savage raw material which is our basal mental stuff, a citizen.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
In his condemned cell he composed a beautiful poem of 14 verses (“My last Thought”), which was found by his wife and published.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
Some writers state that each cell contains about one thousand seeds.
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Any epithelial cell may be so granular from degenerative changes that the nucleus is obscured.
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The sediment contains a few hyaline and finely granular casts and an occasional red blood-cell.
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basal cell

A type of cell found in the deepest layer of the epithelium.