basilic

American  

[buh-sil-ik, -zil-] / bəˈsɪl ɪk, -ˈzɪl- /

adjective

1. kingly; royal.

2. Also basilical. of, relating to, or like a basilica.

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Etymology

Origin of basilic

1535–45; < Latin basilicus < Greek basilikós royal ( basil ( eús ) king + -ikos -ic )

Example Sentences

As the basilic vein reaches the antecubital region, it gives off a branch called the median cubital vein that crosses at an angle to join the cephalic vein.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The basilic vein continues through the arm medially and superficially to the axillary vein.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

The median antebrachial vein parallels the ulnar vein, is more medial in location, and joins the basilic vein in the forearm.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

Accordingly she was robust, and I bled her from the basilic vein of the left hand and the saphena of the right foot, both within an hour.

From Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century by Handerson, Henry Ebenezer

We have nothing or almost nothing in reptile from the Californio, Yutacan and Guatemala; boas, the crested basilic and the horrible heloderme, a great lizard with tuberculiform scales, should be sent us.

From Movement of the International Literary Exchanges, between France and North America from January 1845 to May, 1846 With Instructions for Collecting, Preparing, and Forwarding Objects of Natural History Written by The Professors Administrators of The Museum Of Natural History At Paris. And Instructions Relative to Anthropology and Zoology by Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Isidore