Definition of "parabasal"

Second, the viral genome replication occurs, whereby host cell DNA and the infected cells are divided into daughter cells, which can persist in the basal and parabasal layers and proceed to the division, or move and initiate the differentiation process.

2015 July 25, Adriana T. Lorenzi, Kari J. Syrjänen, Adhemar Longatto-Filho, “Human papillomavirus (HPV) screening and cervical cancer burden. A Brazilian perspective”, in Virology Journal‎, volume 12