basilic

American  

[buh-sil-ik, -zil-] / bəˈsɪl ɪk, -ˈzɪl- /

adjective

1. kingly; royal.

2. Also basilical. of, relating to, or like a basilica.

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Etymology

Origin of basilic

1535–45; < Latin basilicus < Greek basilikós royal ( basil ( eús ) king + -ikos -ic )

Example Sentences

The basilic vein continues through the arm medially and superficially to the axillary vein.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

As the basilic vein reaches the antecubital region, it gives off a branch called the median cubital vein that crosses at an angle to join the cephalic vein.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The median antebrachial vein parallels the ulnar vein, is more medial in location, and joins the basilic vein in the forearm.

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We have nothing or almost nothing in reptile from the Californio, Yutacan and Guatemala; boas, the crested basilic and the horrible heloderme, a great lizard with tuberculiform scales, should be sent us.

From Movement of the International Literary Exchanges, between France and North America from January 1845 to May, 1846 With Instructions for Collecting, Preparing, and Forwarding Objects of Natural History Written by The Professors Administrators of The Museum Of Natural History At Paris. And Instructions Relative to Anthropology and Zoology by Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Isidore

Four pints of saline solution were infused into the median basilic vein, and 1/30 grain strychnine sulph. was injected hypodermically.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry