English Explanatory Dictionary

apical

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Of or connected with the apex.
Of a meristem, situated at the growing tip of the plant or its roots, in comparison with intercalary growth situated between zones of permanent tissue.
Of a sound, produced with the tip of the tongue.

noun

A sound produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue.

Pronunciation

/ˈæpɪkəl/ /ˈeɪpɪkəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Sapaa-apical.wav

Word forms

apical apicals

Etymology

From apic- + -al.

Derived words

abapical adapical anteroapical apical ancestor apical annulus apical ballooning cardiomyopathy apical dendrite apical ectodermal ridge apical germ pore apicalization apically apicalmost apicalwards basiapical basoapical biapical cervicoapical circumapical dorsoapical endoapical juxtaapical medioapical nonapical periapical posteroapical preapical proapical subapical transapical transient apical ballooning syndrome uniapical ventroapical

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