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BASILYSIS

\bazˈɪləsˌɪs], \bazˈɪləsˌɪs], \b_a_z_ˈɪ_l_ə_s_ˌɪ_s]\

Definitions of BASILYSIS

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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The fracture of the base of the fetal skull in craniotomy.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

The operation of breaking or cutting up the bones forming the base of the fetal skull as a final step in craniotomy. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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