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apical

[ey-pi-kuhl, ap-i-]

adjective

  1. of, at, or forming the apex.

  2. Phonetics.(of a speech sound) articulated principally with the aid of the tip of the tongue, as t or d.



noun

  1. Phonetics.an apical sound.

apical

/ ˈæpɪkəl, ˈeɪ- /

adjective

  1. of, at, or being the apex

  2. of or denoting a consonant articulated with the tip of the tongue, such as (t) or (d)

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • apically adverb
  • ˈ辱 adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of apical1

1820–30; < Latin apic- (stem of apex ) apex + -al 1
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of apical1

C19: from New Latin 辱, from Latin: apex
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BBM encodes a transcription factor that regulates embryonic development, while WUS encodes a transcription factor that maintains stem cell identity in the shoot apical meristem region.

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The measurements were taken at the neurons' distal apical dendrites of the visual cortex, which receive top-down signals, and at their cell bodies, which receive bottom-up signals.

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Caries-related parameters included root canal fillings, apical rarefactions and caries lesions.

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When the condition occurs, doctors typically see that a patient's left ventricular apical, which is located within the heart, balloons.

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Just in front of it lies the polychate worm version of the apical meristem in plants: a place where stem cells continuously generate new body parts called the posterior growth zone.

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