Basement membrane

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. [1913 Webster]

{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. [1913 Webster]


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