Basal

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Basal or basilar is a term meaning base, bottom, or minimum.

Science

• Basal (anatomy), an anatomical term of location for features associated with the base of an organism or structure
• Basal (medicine), a minimal level that is necessary for health or life, such as a minimum insulin dose
• Basal (phylogenetics), the "base" or earliest higher level grouping of a genetic haplogroup to branch a larger higher level grouping of a genetic haplogroup

Places

• Basal, Hungary, a village in Hungary
• Basal, Pakistan, a village in the Attock District

Other

• Basal plate (disambiguation)
• Basal sliding, the act of a glacier sliding over the bed before it due to meltwater increasing the water pressure underneath the glacier causing it to be lifted from its bed.