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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]

- fibrillar baskets the scleral end of neuroglia fibers of Müller that as fine, tapering, needlelike fibrillae ascend the proximal parts of rods and cones, giving them a fibrillar appearance.

- Stokes b. a metal-mesh rescue stretcher.

- stone b. an instrument passed through an endoscope to capture and extract urinary calculi.