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• Apical

  of, at, or forming the . Phonetics. (of a speech sound) articulated principally with the aid of the tip of the tongue, as t or d. Phonetics. an apical sound. Historical Examples apical horn straight conical, frontal horns curved laterally. Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass […]

• Apical dental foramen

  apical dental foramen apical dental foramen n. The opening at the apex of the root of a tooth through which the nerves and blood vessels pass.

• Apical dominance

  suppression of the development of lateral buds in a growing plant shoot, caused by hormones produced in the tip of the shoot. apical dominance (ā’pĭ-kəl, āp’ĭ-) Inhibition of the growth of lateral buds by the terminal bud of a plant shoot. In most plants, apical dominance results from the release of auxin by the apical […]

• Apical gland

  apical gland apical gland n. See anterior lingual gland.

• Apical granuloma

  apical granuloma apical granuloma n. See periapical granuloma.

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