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apical

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








ADJECTIVE
tiptop
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ADJECTIVE
uppermost
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Example Sentences

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The number of apical progenitor cells, which are essential for building the cerebral cortex, was significantly lower.

From Science Daily • Dec. 17, 2025

BBM encodes a transcription factor that regulates embryonic development, while WUS encodes a transcription factor that maintains stem cell identity in the shoot apical meristem region.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2024

The measurements were taken at the neurons' distal apical dendrites of the visual cortex, which receive top-down signals, and at their cell bodies, which receive bottom-up signals.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2023

The apical complex is specialized for entry and infection of host cells.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The specimen has a vertical pupil, divided anal, 21 scale rows, and two apical pits.

From Systematic Status of the Colubrid Snake, Leptodeira discolor Gunther by Duellman, William E.