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apical

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








ADJECTIVE
tiptop
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Antonyms


ADJECTIVE
uppermost
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Another review reported that people with diabetes also face a greater risk of developing new apical periodontitis in teeth that have already undergone root canal treatment compared with people who do not have diabetes.

From Science Daily ● May 16, 2026

Between three and eight weeks of age, a period that spans early childhood to adolescence, spine density increased sharply in a single region of the apical dendrite.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 16, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Dec. 17, 2025

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

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2025

The fruit is a capsule containing a large number of small seeds and opening by apical teeth; the seed contains a floury endosperm and a curved embryo.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various


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