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apical

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








ADJECTIVE
tiptop
Synonyms
Antonyms


ADJECTIVE
uppermost
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One reason apical infections are especially concerning is that they are often difficult to detect.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Their narrative review outlined several biological pathways that may connect apical periodontitis with broader systemic disease.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2026

Using high-resolution microscopy, the team closely tracked how apical progenitor cells divided.

From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025

"Surprisingly, the distal apical dendrites responses grew significantly over time becoming increasingly sensitive to inputs that violate the patterns, while the cell bodies lost their initially strong sensitivity," says Zylberberg, a computational neuroscientist.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2023

Stamens definite; anthers opening by an apical pore.

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 Gray, Asa




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