apico-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix

Having a shape that has a tip, point, or apex; apical, pointy.
The side of a body part (or organism) that is further away from the substrate it is attached to.
Articulated with the tip of the tongue.
Related to the root of a tooth.

Word forms

apico- apic-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep-der. Proto-Italic *apeks Latin apex New Latinder. English apico- From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from apex.

Antonyms

baso-

Related words

dorso- lamino- radico-

Derived words

apicoalveolar apicodental apicolabial apicolingual apicopalatal apicopostalveolar apicoprepalatal Apicomplexa Apiconoma apicophilicity apicoplast Homophoberia apicosa Aedes apicoargenteus apicobasal apicobasolateral apicocardiac apicodistal apicodorsal apicolateral apicolaterally apicomedial apicoplastic apicoposterior apicoseptal apicoseptum apicoventral apicocoronal apicoectomy

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