apico-
prefixEtymology From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from apex.
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Morpheme Having a shape that has a tip, point, or apex; apical, pointy.
- e.g. apicoplast, apicophilicity, Homophoberia apicosa
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Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences Morpheme The side of a body part (or organism) that is further away from the substrate it is attached to.
- e.g. apicocardiac, apicolateral, apicomedial
- usage note: For organisms that are attached to a substrate (e.g. sponges, protists), the side attached to the substrate is referred to as the basal end, and the end furthest from attachment is referred to as apical
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Morpheme Articulated with the tip of the tongue.
- e.g. apicoalveolar, apicodental, apicopalatal
- We present two studies of native and non-native (English) perception of the acoustically and articulatorily similar four-way coronal stop contrast /t ʈ ȶ/ (apico-alveolar, apico-retroflex, lamino-dental, lamino-alveopalatal) of Wubuy, an indigenous language of Australia.2015 December 4, “Discrimination of Multiple Coronal Stop Contrasts in Wubuy (Australia): A Natural Referent Consonant Account”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
- e.g. apicocoronal, apicoectomy
- Derived terms
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Apicomplexa, Apiconoma, apicophilicity, apicoplast, Homophoberia apicosa, Aedes apicoargenteus, apicobasal, apicobasolateral, apicocardiac, apicodistal, apicodorsal, apicolateral, apicolaterally, apicomedial, apicoplastic, apicoposterior, apicoseptal, apicoseptum, apicoventral, apicoalveolar, apicodental, apicolabial, apicolingual, apicopalatal, apicopostalveolar, apicoprepalatal, apicocoronal, apicoectomy