Definition of Apices

1. n. pl. See Apex.

Definition of Apices

1. Noun. (plural of apex) ¹

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Definition of Apices

1. apex [n] - See also: apex

Medical Definition of Apices

1. Plural of apex. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Apices

apical interstitial lung disease
apical ligament of dens
apical lordotic projection
apical periodontal cyst
apical periodontitis
apical placentation
apical process
apical segment
apical space
apicalis
apically
apicals
apicectomies
apicectomy
apiceotomy
apices (current term)
apician
apicide
apicifixed
apicitis
apico-
apicolocator
apicolysis
apicomplexa
apicomplexan
apicoplast
apicoplasts
apicoposterior artery
apicoposterior branch of left superior pulmonary vein

Literary usage of Apices

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"When arrived at maturity they possess the faculty of producing from their apices or also from tho articuli the spermatia, one at a time, though many in ..."

2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1903)
"Tidal percussion, as it is termed by Dr. Philip, has been practised for many years, and consists in percussion over the apices, or for that matter over ..."

3. Radio-diagnosis of Pleuro-pulmonary Affection by François Barjon (1918)
"He ought to ascertain particularly the condition of the apices, hilus, sinuses, ... Examination of the apices.—In general the apices of the lungs are less ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1904)
"They occur at the apices of the finer FIG. 8.— Transition cells where effect of osmic acid has been less pronounced. X 300. tracheal twigs, ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1885)
"... expansion only one inch ; increase of vocal fremitus at apices, especially the left; under clavicle on this side faint broncho-cavernous respiration can ..."

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