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[bas·ket]

a container made of material woven together, or something resembling such a container.

Dormia basket a tiny apparatus consisting of four wires that can be advanced through an endoscope into a body cavity or tube, manipulated to trap a calculus or other object, and withdrawn.

bas·ket

(bas'ket),

1. A basketlike arborization of the axon of cells in the cerebellar cortex, surrounding the cell body of Purkinje cells.

2. Any basketlike device or structure.

[M.E., from Celtic]

Farlex Partner Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

bas·ket

(bas'kĕt)

1. A basketlike arborization of the axon of cells in the cerebellar cortex, surrounding the cell body of Purkinje cells.

2. Any basketlike structure.

[M.E., from Celtic]

Medical Dictionary for the Dental Professions © Farlex 2012

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