bas-, baso-, basi-, ba-, bat-

An exaggerated fear of standing or walking that is related to the fear of falling, collapsing, and dieing.

An instrument that makes graphic records of abnormalities of gait.

A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails.

Someone who has a dread of walking or standing erect; even without any muscular problems.

A carcinoma of the skin which in structure and behavior is considered transitional between basal cell and squamous cell carcinoma.

An abnormal fear of passing or walking close to high objects; such as, high buildings or tall trees; dread of heights.

A compound of Greek batos, “passable”, a verbal adjective of bainein, “to go”.

The association of Greek batos with “height” is apparently a result of a connection of this word with the second element in acrobat because acrobats are associated with the idea that they perform their arts high over ground levels. Perhaps a much better name for this condition would be hyposophobia.

1. The shuffling gait, or walk, characteristic of partial paraplegia or in Parkinson's disease.
2. A slow, shuffling, short-stepped gait (walk), as seen in double hemiplegia (paralysis of one side of the body).

1. Difficulty in walking, including excessively fast steps (tachybasia), or very small steps (brachybasia).
2. Difficulty in walking, especially as the result of a disorder of the nervous system.
3. Difficulty in or distortion of walking which occurs in people with mental disorders.

Any form of difficult or distorted walking, whether organically or psychically determined.

1. An apparatus for measuring the weight bearing period of limbs during walking.
2. A device for recording a person's gait or manner of walking.

The graphic process by which an electrobasograph is made; used for gait or walking analysis.

The apparent difficulty in walking seen in hysterical individuals, often characterized by marked swaying, zigzag steps, superfluous movements, and faked falling by which the person dramatizes the disability.

The lunar lowlands (the dark-colored regions as seen from the earth).