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parabasal

parabasal adjective: beyond the base.

Adjective

parabasal (not comparable)

  1. Beyond the base
    • Second, the viral genome replication occurs, whereby host cell DNA and the infected cells are divided into daughter cells, which can persist in the basal and parabasal layers and proceed to the division, or move and initiate the differentiation process.2015 July 25, Adriana T. Lorenzi, Kari J. Syrjänen, Adhemar Longatto-Filho, “Human papillomavirus (HPV) screening and cervical cancer burden. A Brazilian perspective”, in Virology Journal, volume 12...

Origin of parabasal

From para- + basal.

Questions about parabasal

What does parabasal mean?
Parabasal means beyond the base.
What part of speech is parabasal?
Parabasal is an adjective.

Words near parabasal in the dictionary

  1. parabanic
  2. parabanic acid
  3. parabaptist
  4. parabaptists
  5. parabariomicrolite
  6. parabasal
  7. parabasalian
  8. parabasalians
  9. parabasalid
  10. parabasalids
  11. parabases

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