BASEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does basement mean? 

• BASEMENT (noun)
  The noun BASEMENT has 2 senses:

1. the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage

2. the ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture

  Familiarity information: BASEMENT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BASEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

basement; cellar

Hypernyms ("basement" is a kind of...):

floor; level; storey; story (a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "basement"):

cellarage (a storage area in a cellar)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("basement" is a kind of...):

support (supporting structure that holds up or provides a foundation)

 Context examples 

Microinvasive carcinoma is the earliest recognizable form of invasive carcinoma, with penetration of malignant cells through the basement membrane into the surrounding stroma.

(Microinvasive Adenocarcinoma of the Mouse Prostate Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

Characterized histologically by proteinaceous deposits on the glomerular capillary basement membrane or by thickening of the membrane; clinically similar to chronic glomerulonephritis, occasionally with transient nephrotic syndrome.

(Membranous Glomerulonephritis, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

Conceptually the earliest forms of invasive carcinoma, with extension of malignant cells through basement membrane of HGPIN glands into surrounding thin rim of stroma.

(Microinvasive Carcinoma of the Mouse Prostate Gland, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

This allele, which encodes 72 kDa type IV collagenase protein, is involved in the breakdown of the extracellular matrix via the degradation of type IV collagen, the major structural component of basement membranes.

(MMP2 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes mucin-like protein 1, may be involved in the modulation of epithelial basement membrane structure.

(MUCL1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

When oval the nuclei are oriented perpendicular to the basement membrane.

(Mouse Pancreatic Intraepithelial Neoplasia-1A, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

It is histologically characterized by deposits in the glomerular capillary wall between the epithelial cell and the basement membrane and a thickening of the membrane.

(Membranous Glomerulonephritis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

The wall thickening is sometimes said to be a result of the interposition of mesangial cytoplasm or matrix between the basement membrane and the endothelium of the capillary wall.

(Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

There is no evidence of invasion of the basement membrane.

(Ductal Breast Carcinoma In Situ, NCI Thesaurus)

Colorectal cancer in situ in which cancer cells are confined within the glandular basement membrane (intraepithelial).

(Colorectal Cancer pTis Intraepithelial TNM Finding, NCI Thesaurus)