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apical

[ey-pi-kuhl, ap-i-] / ˈeɪ pɪ kəl, ˈæp ɪ- /








ADJECTIVE
tiptop
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Antonyms


ADJECTIVE
uppermost
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Reviews of apical periodontitis emphasize how frequently these infections go unnoticed.

From Science Daily May 16, 2026

The patients in the study had apical periodontitis, a deep infection located around the very end of a tooth root.

From Science Daily May 16, 2026

"The AO has a striking complexity when compared to apical organs of cnidarian and bilaterian. It is so unique!"

From Science Daily Mar. 6, 2026

To explore these effects, researchers induced apical periodontitis in 30 rats and divided them into three groups.

From Science Daily Oct. 26, 2025

Growing from the apex by a terminal bud or by the apical cell only.

From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Asa Gray




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