STRATUM BASALE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stratum basale mean? 

• STRATUM BASALE (noun)
  The noun STRATUM BASALE has 1 sense:

1. the innermost layer of the epidermis

  Familiarity information: STRATUM BASALE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRATUM BASALE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The innermost layer of the epidermis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Synonyms:

malpighian layer; rete Malpighii; stratum basale; stratum germinativum

Hypernyms ("stratum basale" is a kind of...):

stratum (one of several parallel layers of material arranged one on top of another (such as a layer of tissue or cells in an organism or a layer of sedimentary rock))

Holonyms ("stratum basale" is a part of...):

cuticle; epidermis (the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates)

 Context examples 

The concept does not refer to neoplasms located in the stratum basale.

(Basal Cell Neoplasm, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Modified epidermal cells located in the stratum basale.

(Merkel cell, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

It consists of the following layers: stratum corneum (horny layer), stratum granulosum (granular layer), stratum spinosum (prickle cell layer), and stratum basale (basal cell layer).

(Epidermis, NCI Thesaurus)