Apical

Word APICAL
Character 6
Hyphenation ap ic al
Pronunciations /ˈeɪpɪkəl/

Definitions and meanings of "Apical"

What do we mean by apical?

Of, relating to, located at, or constituting an apex. adjective

Of, relating to, or articulated with the tip of the tongue, as (t), (d), and (s). adjective

Relating to the apex or top; belonging to the pointed end of a cone-shaped body.

At or belonging to an apex, tip, or summit. adjective

Of or connected with the apex adjective

Situated at the growing tip of the plant or its roots, in comparison with intercalary growth situated between zones of permanent tissue. adjective

Situated at an apex adjective

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

Synonyms and Antonyms for Apical

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The word "apical" in example sentences

The condition is also known as apical ballooning syndrome ABS and stress cardiomyopathy. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Plants have a mechanism called apical dominance, by which axillary buds are prevented from growing at the same time as the terminal bud-the tip of the plant stem. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Between late stage 16 and mid-stage 17 the apical plasma membrane of epidermal cells forms regular corrugations called apical undulae (au), at the tip of which chitin synthesis takes place, while secretion occurs at the valley between the corrugations (D). ❋ Michaela Norum Et Al. (2010)

Plowe and his colleagues tested a vaccine that targets a molecule on the malaria parasite known as apical membrane antigen 1 (AMA1). ❋ Unknown (2010)

Here we report through ultrastructural analysis that IBC exhibits a high degree of cellular organization with polar elements such as apical/lateral positioning of E-cadherin, apical surface microvilli, and tortuous lumen-like (canalis) structures. ❋ Jorge Morales (2009)

Organisation of the procuticle is supposedly controlled by the apical plasma membrane that forms longitudinal corrugations called apical undulae during chitin synthesis that run perpendicular to the anterior-posterior axis of the developing embryo ( ❋ Michaela Norum Et Al. (2010)

Within the first week, Saudi Arabia had gathered massive humanitarian aid at the behest of apical leadership. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Damage to foliage and apical meristems occurs when they are "triggered" to premature bud burst and development by an earlier onset of the growing season (resulting from early snowmelt) when the annual hardening/dehardening process is at its most sensitive phase, and when there is a risk of short periods of cold weather. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The epithelia secrete them constitutively into the thin layer of fluid that lies above the apical surface of the epithelium but below the viscous mucous layer. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The new species is highly adapted to hypogean life with very obvious troglobiomorphic features: unpigmented cuticle, an extraordinary lengthening of thorax and appendixes, multiplication of antennomeres and supernumerary placoid sensilla, not just in the apical antennomere but also in the preceding antennomeres. ❋ Unknown (2007)

VEN morphology is very simple: they have a large apical dendrite as do cortical pyramidal neurons but lack the collection of basal dendrites. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But to my ears the result is not that we replace the affricate with the straight forward palato-alveolar fricative [ʒ] that occurs in pleasure ['pleʒə], which is usually lip-rounded and laminal, but with a less lip-rounded, and often apical articulation. ❋ Unknown (2008)

All we have is the subfossil shell... and even looking at the apical sculpture took a lot of time in the field and through the scope! ❋ AYDIN (2008)

Evidence suggests that severe, frequent fires have selected for a distinct genotype of pitch pine, with reduced apical dominance of trees and highly serotinous cones. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The greyish piculet (Picumnus granadensis) and apical flycatcher (Myiarchus apicalis) are found in tropical deciduous and secondary forest, tropical lowland evergreen forest edge, and scrub. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The apical organ is suggestive of a brain, being a distinct organ positioned where a head would be in a typical animal, but it is evidently limited to providing bodily orientation relative to gravity, and to having its determinations communicated, via nerve cells, to other cells in the body responsible for adjusting orientation. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Ctenophores are characterized by having two networks of nerve cells operating with, at most, a limited interaction to coordinate feeding and locomotion, and a distinct apical organ at the anterior pole that coordinates balance and orientation. ❋ Unknown (2007)

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