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Definition: Basement membrane
Basement
\Base"ment\ (b[=a]sment), n. [F. soubassement. Of
uncertain origin. Cf.
Base, a.,
Bastion.] (Arch.)
The outer wall of the ground story of a building, or of a
part of that story, when treated as a distinct substructure.
(See
Base, n., 3
(a) .) Hence: The rooms of a ground floor, collectively.
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Basement membrane (Anat.), a delicate membrane composed of
a single layer of flat cells, forming the substratum upon
which, in many organs, the epithelioid cells are disposed.
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