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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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Untreated apical periodontitis can lead to tooth loss, but its effects extend beyond the mouth.

From Science Daily

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

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.

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Caries-related parameters included root canal fillings, apical rarefactions and caries lesions.

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When the condition occurs, doctors typically see that a patient's left ventricular apical, which is located within the heart, balloons.

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