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Definition of Apical
1. Adjective. Situated at an apex.
Definition of Apical
1. a. At or belonging to an apex, tip, or summit.
Definition of Apical
1. Adjective. of or connected with the apex ¹
2. Adjective. (botany 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apical
1. a sound articulated with the apex (tip) of the tongue [n -S]
Medical Definition of Apical
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Apical
Literary usage of Apical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1917)
"In this case the lower apical bud will grow rapidly, but in addition one or both
of the buds of the node next to the apical will grow out. ..."
2. Journal of Morphology by Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology (1897)
"65 and 67, the anterior apical cell is crowded forward between the basal cells
of the ... I have called it the "apical plate " because of its position and ..."
3. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"apical Cell-growth in Phanerogams.*—In order to determine the much-disputed cause
of the want of a special apical cell in flowering plants, G. Haberlandt ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The chief axis of the gastrula coincides with that of the adult, the apical pole
of the gastrula being indicated by the head cf the arrow. ..."
5. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1907)
"The base of the third apical fork is on a level with that of first. ... First apical
fork about j mm. long on its lower side; second apical fork about 2J ..."
6. Transactions of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1897)
"AMERICAN NEUROPTERA. and a dark point in the haw nf the third apical cell ; hind
wings paler; palpi slender, basal joint of ..."
7. Handbook of Practical Botany for the Botanical Laboratory and Private Student by Eduard Strasburger, William Hillhouse (1900)
"We will now study by means of one of the Vascular Cryptogams a case in which,
instead of an apical meristem, as above, growth takes place by means of an ..."
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