apical
pronunciation
How to pronounce apical in British English:
UK ['æpɪkəl]
How to pronounce apical in American English:
US ['æpɪkəl]
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- Adjective:
- situated at an apex
Word Origin
- apical (adj.)
- "of or belonging to an apex," 1828, from Latin apicem, from apex (see apex) + -al (1).
Example
- 1. A few of theories for composition of apical meristem .
- 2. Diagnosis and differential diagnosis of apical ballooning syndrome .
- 3. The apical membrane of the epithelial cells is apparently essential .
- 4. Stamens 4 , adnate to apical part of corolla tube .
- 5. Anthers without a membranous apical appendage .